Section 1: Establishment and Functions of the Council

(1) For the purposes of this Act there shall continue to be a Council called the Veterinary Council of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as "the Council") which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) The Council shall be charged with the general duty of-
(a) determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to be registered under this Act as veterinary surgeons and of raising those standards from time to time as circumstances may permit;
(b) securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons registered under this Act as veterinary surgeons and the publication from time to time of lists of those persons; and
(c) performing the other functions conferred on the Council by this Act.