1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates - means all mammals with the exception of human beings, all birds including poultry, “animal” all bees, all amphibians, all reptiles, all fishes, all molluscs and all crustaceans; corporation” means a close corporation incorporated as such in terms of the Close “close Corporations Act, 1988 (Act No. 26 of 1988); date” means the date of commencement of this Act; “commencement means a committee established in terms of section 15; “committee” development” means the continuing professional development “continuing contemplated in section 33; means the Namibian Veterinary Council established by section 3; “Council” institution” means any university, college, technical college, technicon, training “educational facility or other similar or related institution where a qualification can be obtained which complies with the requirements of a prescribed qualification contemplated in section 24; committee” means the executive committee established by section 14(1); “executive Council” means the South West African Veterinary Council established by section 2 of “former the Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Proclamation, 1984; practitioner” means a legal practitioner as defined in section 1 of the Legal Practitioners “legal Act, 1995 (Act No. 15 of 1995); a medicine as defined in section 1 of the Medicines and Related Substances “medicine” Control Act, 2003 (Act No. 13 of 2003); of the Council” a member of the Council referred to or appointed in terms of “member section 5; means the Minister responsible for veterinary services; “Minister” means the Ministry responsible for veterinary services; “Ministry” in relation to a veterinary and veterinary para-profession, includes any of the “practise”, acts or things specified in section 53(4); means prescribe by regulation; “prescribe” company” means a company incorporated and registered as a private company in terms “private of the Companies Act, 2004 (Act No. 28 of 2004); means any degree, diploma or certificate conferred upon a person after having “qualification” been examined in respect of that person’s proficiency in a particular field of study; - “register” (a) if used as a verb, means to register in terms of any of the applicable sections of this Act, and has a corresponding meaning; and “registration”
1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates - “animal” means all mammals with the exception of human beings, all birds including poultry, all bees, all amphibians, all reptiles, all fishes, all molluscs and all crustaceans; “close corporation” means a close corporation incorporated as such in terms of the Close Corporations Act, 1988 (Act No. 26 of 1988); “commencement date” means the date of commencement of this Act; “committee” means a committee established in terms of section 15; “continuing development” means the continuing professional development contemplated in section 33; “Council” means the Namibian Veterinary Council established by section 3; “educational institution” means any university, college, technical college, technicon, training facility or other similar or related institution where a qualification can be obtained which complies with the requirements of a prescribed qualification contemplated in section 24; “executive committee” means the executive committee established by section 14(1); “former Council” means the South West African Veterinary Council established by section 2 of the Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Proclamation, 1984; “legal practitioner” means a legal practitioner as defined in section 1 of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1995 (Act No. 15 of 1995); “medicine” a medicine as defined in section 1 of the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 2003 (Act No. 13 of 2003); “member of the Council” a member of the Council referred to or appointed in terms of section 5; “Minister” means the Minister responsible for veterinary services; “Ministry” means the Ministry responsible for veterinary services; “practise”, in relation to a veterinary and veterinary para-profession, includes any of the acts or things specified in section 53(4); “prescribe” means prescribe by regulation; “private company” means a company incorporated and registered as a private company in terms of the Companies Act, 2004 (Act No. 28 of 2004); “qualification” means any degree, diploma or certificate conferred upon a person after having been examined in respect of that person’s proficiency in a particular field of study; “register” - (a) if used as a verb, means to register in terms of any of the applicable sections of this Act, and “registration” has a corresponding meaning; and
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