http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/36/section/8Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966An Act to make fresh provision for the management of the veterinary profession, for the registration of veterinary surgeons and veterinary practitioners, for regulating their professional education and professional conduct and for cancelling or suspending registration in cases of misconduct; and for connected purposes.1979-07-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-11-25Expert Participation2021-07-01 81There shall continue to be a register known as the supplementary veterinary register containing the names and addresses of the following persons (to be known as veterinary practitioners), that is to say—athe persons who immediately before the commencement of this Act were registered in that register;bthe persons who having been so registered at some previous time were not then so registered, but whose names are restored to that register under section 18 of this Act; andcthe persons entitled to be registered in that register under the next following subsection.2Any person who for an aggregate of not less than seven out of the ten years immediately preceding 2nd December 1965 held a licence under section 7 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1948 (licensing of employees of certain societies and institutions providing free treatment for animals) shall be entitled to be registered in the supplementary veterinary register, but shall not be entitled to practise veterinary surgery—aotherwise than as an employee of any society or institution mentioned in subsection (1) of that section; orbexcept with permission granted by the Council and subject to such restrictions as the Council may impose.3Where a person is registered in the supplementary veterinary register under the last foregoing subsection, the entry against his name in the register shall state—awhether he is the employee of any such society or institution as aforesaid;bwhether he has been granted permission to practise veterinary surgery; andcany restrictions subject to which he may practise it.4Where a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register under subsection (2) of this section fails to comply with any restrictions subject to which he is so registered, the Council may cause his name to be removed from the register.5A certificate purporting to be a certificate of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food stating that any person held, or did not hold, a licence under section 7 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1948 for a period specified in the certificate shall be conclusive for the purposes of this section of the matters stated in the certificate.1948 c. 52. 1948 c. 52. Ss. 5B, 5BA substituted for s. 5B (6.8.2008) by The Veterinary Surgeons Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1824), reg. 1, Sch. para. 7 (with reg. 4)