The law in Britain on equine dentistry (covered in The Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966) clearly specifies which equine dental procedures lay people can perform and which can only be carried out by registered veterinary surgeons. The current law, which will not be affected by new legislation due to be passed shortly, allows certain designated routine equine dental procedures which are not considered to be acts of veterinary surgery to be performed by lay-people whether they are trained or not. These are termed in the following attachement.