# The Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (Schedule 3 Amendment) Order 1988, Paragraph 5


The performance, by any person of the age of seventeen undergoing instruction in animal husbandry, of any operation mentioned in paragraph 4(a) or (b) above and the disbudding of a calf by any such person or by a person of or over the age of eighteen undergoing such instruction, if, in each case, either of the following conditions is complied with, that is to say —
(a) the instruction in animal husbandry is given by a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons or the supplementary veterinary register and the operation is performed under his direct personal supervision;
(b) the instruction in animal husbandry is given at a recognised institution and the operation is performed under the direct personal supervision of a person appointed to give such instruction at the institution.
In this paragraph “recognised institution” means —
(i) as respects Great Britain, an institution maintained or assisted (in England and Wales) by a local education authority or (in Scotland) by an education authority or in either case an institution for the giving of further education as respects which a grant is paid by the Secretary of State or an institution recognised for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State; and
(ii) as respects Northern Ireland, an agricultural college maintained by the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/526/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-act-1966-schedule-3-amendment-order-1988/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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