{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-act-1966-schedule-3-amendment-order-1991/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-act-1966-schedule-3-amendment-order-1991/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1412",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (Schedule 3 Amendment) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-act-1966-schedule-3-amendment-order-1991",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment",
  "text": "Part I of Schedule 3 to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (exemptions from restrictions on practice of veterinary surgery) shall be amended as follows–\n(a) in paragraph 2 for the words\n“Any medical or minor surgical treatment” there shall be substituted the words “Any medical treatment or any minor surgery”;\n(b) after paragraph 5 there shall be added the following paragraph–\n“6 Any medical treatment or any minor surgery (not involving entry into a body cavity) to a companion animal by a veterinary nurse if the following conditions are complied with, that is to say–\n(a) the companion animal is, for the time being, under the care of a registered veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner and the medical treatment or minor surgery is carried out by the veterinary nurse at his direction; and\n(b) the registered veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner is the employer or is acting on behalf of the employer of the veterinary nurse.\nIn this paragraph–\n“companion animal” means an animal kept as a pet or for companionship, not being a horse, pony, ass or mule, nor an animal used in agriculture, as defined in the Agriculture Act 1947;\n“veterinary nurse” means a nurse whose name is entered in the list of veterinary nurses maintained by the College.”;\n(c) sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 4 shall cease to have effect from 1st July 1993.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1988/526."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1412/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:42:35.122870+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}