Section 31 — Veterinary Surgeons Order, 2005

(1)

The Minister may appoint such number of public officers to be inspectors as he may consider necessary for the purposes of this Order.

(2)

Any inspector may, at any reasonable time –

(i)

enter and inspect any premises which are used, proposed to be used or in respect of which there is reasonable cause to believe that they are being used, for the practice of veterinary medicine;

(ii)

inquire into and report to the Council on the conditions under which veterinary medicine is being or is proposed to be practised on those premises.

(3)

An inspector acting under this section shall, in the course of entering or inspecting any premises, show proof of his identity and of his appointment.

(4)

The report made by an inspector under subsection (2) shall be in such form as the Council may determine and it shall be the duty of the inspector to submit such report to the

Council not later than 14 days after the date of the inspection.

Offences.