{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-veterinary-medicines-amendment-etc-regulations-2024/regulation-101",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-veterinary-medicines-amendment-etc-regulations-2024/regulation-101.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348258523",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-veterinary-medicines-amendment-etc-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/101",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "101",
  "heading": "Amendment to paragraph 6",
  "text": "In paragraph 6 (written prescriptions) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—\n“(1) A written prescription must include—\n(a) the full name, address and contact details of the person prescribing the product, including that person’s professional registration number (if available);\n(b) the full name, address and contact details of the animal owner or keeper;\n(c) the identification (including the species) of the animal or group of animals to be treated;\n(d) the premises at which the animals are kept if this is different from the address of the owner or keeper;\n(e) the issue date;\n(f) the signature or electronic signature of the prescriber;\n(g) the name and amount of the product prescribed;\n(h) the pharmaceutical form and strength of the product;\n(i) as regards veterinary medicinal products that are antibiotics which are prescribed for prophylactic purposes or metaphylactic purposes (as the case may be), a statement to that effect;\n(j) the dosage regimen;\n(k) any warnings necessary to ensure the proper use, including, where relevant, to ensure prudent use of antimicrobials;\n(l) the words “It is an offence under the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 for a person to alter a written prescription unless authorised to do so by the person who signed it”;\n(m) for food-producing animal species, the withdrawal period or a statement that the withdrawal period is equal to zero days; and\n(n) if the prescription relates to a product prescribed under the cascade, a statement to that effect.\n(1A) Subject to the professional obligations of a veterinary surgeon to ensure the health and welfare of animals under their care, a veterinary surgeon may only prescribe a veterinary medicinal product that is an antibiotic where satisfied that the circumstances set out in sub-paragraph (1B) apply.\n(1B) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1A) the circumstances are that the product is not—\n(a) used routinely;\n(b) used to compensate for poor hygiene, inadequate animal husbandry, or poor farm management practices; or\n(c) used to promote growth or increase yield.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348258523/regulation/101",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:41:23.789053+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}