Registers required to be kept

(1) The Registrar shall make and keep in forms respectively prescribed, the following registers, kept. (a) “Register of Veterinary Surgeons of Belize”; (b) of of Belize”; (c) “Register of Animal Health Assistants of Belize’. (2) The Registrar shall enter in the Register of Veterinary Surgeons of Belize the following, (a) the full names and addresses of all persons registered as veterinary surgeons under this Act; (b) a description of the qualifications in respect of which such registration is granted and the date on which the was conferred; (c) in the case of a veterinary surgeon who is also registered as a veterinary specialist, a reference to such registration; and (d) such other particulars as may be prescribed. (3) The Registrar shall enter in the Register of Veterinary Specialists of Belize the following, 19 (a) the full names and addresses of all veterinary surgeons registered as veterinary specialists under this Act; (b) a description of the qualifications in respect of which such registration is granted and the date on which the was conferred; (c) a reference to the registration of the concerned as a veterinary surgeon; and (d) such other particulars as may be prescribed. (4) The Registrar shall enter in the Register of Animal Health Assistants of Belize the following, (a) the full names and addresses of all persons registered as animal health assistants under this Act; (b) a description of the qualification in respect of which such registration is granted and the date on which the was conferred; (c) a reference to the veterinary surgeon with whom the is employed; (d) such other particulars as may be prescribed. (5) Where a Register referred to in subsection (1) of this section is kept by making entries in a bound or loose-leaf book, that Register shall be deemed to be a book of a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and the Registrar shall be the person having the proper custody thereof. 20 (6) A certificate by the Registrar that any person is registered as a veterinary surgeon, or a veterinary specialist or animal health assistant and possesses the qualifications therein named shall be prima facie evidence that the person named in such certificate is so registered and possesses the qualifications so mentioned; and a certificate by the Registrar that the person named therein is not registered as a veterinary surgeon or, as the case may be, a veterinary specialist or animal health assistant, or does not possess certain qualifications shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein is not so registered or does not possess the qualifications mentioned, as the case maybe. (7) The Registrar shall, in the month of January in each year transmit a copy of the Register of Veterinary Surgeons, the Register of Veterinary Specialists and the Register of Animal Health Assistants, each certified by him to be correct up to December of the year next preceding, to the Minister who shall thereupon cause the same to be published in the Gazette as “The Roll of Veterinary Surgeons of Belize for the year (insert number of year)” or, as the case may be, “The Roll of Veterinary Specialists of Belize for the year (insert number of year)” or “The Roll of Animal Health Assistants of Belize for the year (insert number of year)”. (8) A copy of the Gazette containing the Roll of Veterinary Surgeons of Belize, or as the case maybe, the Roll of Veterinary Specialists of Belize, or the Roll of Animal Health Assistants of Belize for any year shall be prima facie evidence in all proceedings that the persons named in such Rolls are registered and possess the qualifications therein mentioned; and the absence of the name of any person from such Roll shall be prima facie evidence that such person is not registered; and the fact that the Roll does not show that registration has been granted in respect of any particular qualification shall be prima facie evidence that the person concerned does not possess that 21