{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-act-1966/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-act-1966/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1966/36",
  "legislation_title": "Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-act-1966",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Register of veterinary surgeons.",
  "text": "(1) There shall continue to be a register known as the register of veterinary surgeons (hereafter in this Act referred to as “the register”) containing the names, addresses and qualifications of all persons who are entitled under the provisions of this Act to be registered therein.\n(2) The register shall consist of five lists—\n(a) one, to be called the general list, of persons entitled to be registered in the register under section 3 or 4 of this Act;\n(b) one, to be called the Commonwealth list, of persons entitled to be so registered as holding some Commonwealth qualification;\n(c) one, to be called the foreign list, of persons so registered as holding some foreign qualification;\n(d) one, to be called the temporary list, of persons entitled to be so registered under section 7 of this Act; and\n(e) one, to be called the visiting European list, of persons who, immediately before IP completion day, were entitled to be so registered under Schedule 1B to this Act",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 2(2) substituted (6.8.2008) by The Veterinary Surgeons Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1824), reg. 1, Sch. para. 2(a) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 2(2)(a) substituted (17.12.2003) by Veterinary Surgeons' Qualifications (European Recognition) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2919), arts. 1, 12, Sch. para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Surgeons and Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/454), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a) (with regs. 3-5A) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1225, regs. 1(3), 22 and S.I. 2020/1038, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 paras. 2, 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 2(2)(e) and word inserted (6.8.2008) by The Veterinary Surgeons Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1824), reg. 1, Sch. para. 2(b) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(2)(e) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Surgeons and Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/454), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b) (with regs. 3-5A) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1225, regs. 1(3), 22 and S.I. 2020/1038, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 paras. 2, 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/36/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:22.921544+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."
}