The absolute deadline for payment of your registration is 31 December 2010.

As of 1 January 2011, veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and body corporates who have not renewed their registration will have their names removed from the Register.

If your name is removed from the Register you will not be able to legally work as a veterinary surgeon or nurse in Western Australia. To have your name restored to the register you will have to pay an application fee of $110 for veterinary surgeons and $25 for nurses as well as the yearly renewal fee.

The Board is under no obligation to send a reminder but does so as a courtesy. If you do not provide your current address, as you are required to do under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1960, you will not receive your reminder.

Mark the date in your diary, or even better pay early and avoid being one of the hundred or so veterinary surgeons or nurses each year who are removed from the Register for non payment.