{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-act-1966-schedule-3-amendment-order-1991/note",
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  "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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends Schedule 3 to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.\nPart I of Schedule 3 (treatment and operations which may be given or carried out by unqualified persons) is amended so that a veterinary nurse may carry out any medical treatment or any minor surgery to a companion animal in specified circumstances (article 2(b)). Similar wording is introduced into paragraph 2 in respect of treatment or surgery carried out on agricultural animals by their owners (article2(a)).\nWith effect from 1st July 1993 the docking of a dog’s tail by an unqualified person is prohibited (article 2(c)).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1412/note",
    "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."
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