Section 19 Veterinary Surgeons Register
(1) The Council shall, subject to this Act, continue to keep the Veterinary Surgeons Register which was established and in existence immediately before the appointed day.
(2) The Council shall, subject to this Act, keep a register of persons temporarily registered in terms of section twenty -eight.
Section 28 Temporary registration
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), any person who intends to practise in Zimbabwe but does not intend to reside permanently in Zimbabwe may, if he possesses a qualification set out in subsection (2) of section twenty-six, be registered on a separate temporary register kept in terms of subsection (2) of section nineteen, subject to the following provisions—[….]
Section 35 Registered persons becoming unfit to practise
Whenever there is brought to the notice of the Council an allegation that a registered person has—
(a) become mentally or physically disabled to such an extent that it would be contrary to the public welfare
to allow him to continue to practise; or
(b) become unfit to purchase, acquire, keep, use, prescribe, order, supply or possess any drug; or
(c) been using a drug in contravention of any law relating to the use of drugs; or (d) become addicted to or dependent upon the use of drugs;
the Council shall have the power to call for information, to cause such investigation to be made as it thinks necessary and to seek such legal advice or other assistance as it may require and thereafter the provisions of sections thirty-two and thirty-three shall apply.

Section 21 Offences in connection with Register
A person who—[…]
(f) forges or utters, knowing the same to be forged, a document purporting to be a certificate of registration; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
Section 44 Impersonation of registered persons
Any person who impersonates a registered person shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceed- ing level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

SCHEDULE (Sections 43 and 48)
OPERATIONS, TREATMENTS, TESTS, ADVICE, DIAGNOSES AND ATTENDANCES WHICH MAY BE PER- FORMED, GIVEN OR PROVIDED BY UNREGISTERED PERSONS
The following operations, treatments, tests, advice, diagnoses and attendances may be performed by unregistered persons—[…]
(a) any non-surgical treatment given to an animal by—
(b) any minor operation, being an operation not customarily performed only by a veterinary surgeon, carried out otherwise than for payment or material advantage by a person engaged or employed in farming to any animal owned for the purposes of agriculture;
(c) anything done in the course of his duties by a person employed by the State;
(d) the rendering in an emergency of first aid for the purpose of saving life or relieving pain;
(e) the performance of the following operations—
(i) the docking of the tail of a dog before his eyes are open;
(ii) the amputation of the dew claws of a dog before his eyes are open;
(iii) the castration by the surgical removal of the testes of any of the following animals—[…]
(iv) caponising;
(f) the performance by a registered medical practitioner of an operation on an animal for the purpose of removing an organ or tissue for use in the treatment of human beings;
(g) the carrying out or performance of any operation, treatment or test by a registered medical practitioner or a registered dental practitioner at the request of a veterinary surgeon;
(h) the performance by an authorized lay assistant of certain operations, treatments, tests, advice, diagnoses and attendances under the direction of a veterinary surgeon as prescribed by regulation;
(i) the performance of any operation, treatment or test by a bona fide veterinary student attending a recognized veterinary school and under the personal supervision of a registered veterinary surgeon with whom for the time being the student is undergoing instruction.

Section 26 Qualification for registration
(1) For the purposes of this Part, a person shall be qualified to be registered if he—
(a) is of or over the age of twenty-one years; and
(b) holds a qualification referred to in subsection (2); and
(c) is not a person whose registration the Council has ordered to be cancelled in terms of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section thirty-three: Provided that a person shall not be disqualified in terms of this paragraph to be registered if in the manner prescribed—
(a) he has applied for; and
(b) the Council has granted him;
written authority to make application for re-registration.
(2) The qualification for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall be—
(a) such qualification in veterinary science as the Council may prescribe; or
(b) a qualification in veterinary science which—
(i) has been obtained at any university or veterinary college; and
(ii) is approved by the Council; and a pass in the local examinations.
(3) The local examinations shall consist of such written papers, practical tests and oral examinations as may be provided for in regulations.

Section 2- The degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of Zimbabwe is prescribed for the purpose of paragraph (a) subsection (2) of section 26 of the Act.

Section 29 Erasures from Register
(1) The Council may direct the Registrar to erase from the Register —
(a) the name of any person who—
(i) has been absent from Zimbabwe for a continuous period of three years preceding such erasure; or
(ii) has failed to pay any fee payable in terms of any regulations referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section forty-eight within three months after the date on which that fee became payable; or
(iii) has failed, within a period of six months after the date of an inquiry sent by the Registrar by registered letter to his address as shown in the Register, to notify the Registrar of his present ad- dress: Provided that if such registered letter is returned to the Registrar by reason of it being un- claimed or for any other reason, the Council may forthwith direct that the name of the person be erased from the Register; or
(iv) has requested that his name be removed from the Register and, if so required by the Council, has lodged an affidavit that no disciplinary or criminal proceedings are being or are likely to be taken against him in connection with the practice of his profession or calling; or
(v) is resident or practising in Zimbabwe and whose name has been removed from the roll, register or record of any university, training school or institution, society or other body from which that person received the qualification upon the basis of which he was registered;
or
(b) any entry which is proved to the satisfaction of the Council to have been made in error or through fraudulent representation or concealment of material facts or in circumstances not authorized by this Act.
(2) The Registrar shall erase from the Register the name of any person where the Council has—
(a) in terms of subsection (1), directed the erasure of the name; or
(b) in terms of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section thirty-three, directed the cancellation of the registration of the person concerned.
(3) If a person referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section twenty-five fails to take up residence in
Zimbabwe within the period referred to in that paragraph, his name shall be erased from the Register on the expiration of that period.
(4) Before the Council directs any erasure to be made in terms of subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) or para- graph (b) of subsection (1), the Council shall, if possible, afford the person concerned an opportunity of showing cause before the Council as to why the erasure should not be made.
(5) A certificate of registration issued to a person whose name has been erased from the Register in terms of this section shall be deemed to have been cancelled on the date of the erasure and the person concerned shall be deemed not to be registered with effect from that date. Section 35 Registered persons becoming unfit to practise
Whenever there is brought to the notice of the Council an allegation that a registered person has—
(a) become mentally or physically disabled to such an extent that it would be contrary to the public welfare to allow him to continue to practise; or
(b) become unfit to purchase, acquire, keep, use, prescribe, order, supply or possess any drug; or
(c) been using a drug in contravention of any law relating to the use of drugs; or (d) become addicted to or dependent upon the use of drugs;
the Council shall have the power to call for information, to cause such investigation to be made as it thinks necessary and to seek such legal advice or other assistance as it may require and thereafter the provisions of sections thirty-two and thirty-three shall apply.