{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-veterinary-medicines-amendment-etc-regulations-2024/regulation-140",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-veterinary-medicines-amendment-etc-regulations-2024/regulation-140.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/140",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "140",
  "heading": "Amendment to paragraph 19",
  "text": "In paragraph 19 (prescriptions for feedingstuffs containing veterinary medicinal product)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—\n(i) for “prescription” substitute “medicated feedingstuff prescription”;\n(ii) for “veterinary medicinal product”, in both places it occurs, substitute “medicinal premix”;\n(iii) after paragraph (e) insert—\n“(ea) the diagnosed disease to be treated or prevented (in the case of immunological veterinary medicinal products or antiparasitics without antimicrobial effects);”;\n(iv) for paragraph (h) substitute—\n“(h) the name, active substance, amount of the product prescribed and inclusion rate of the medicinal premix and resulting inclusion rate of the active substance;”;\n(v) after paragraph (j) insert—\n“(ja) a statement that the prescription may not be re-used;”;\n(vi) in paragraph (l)—\n(aa) for “approved” substitute “authorised”;\n(bb) at the end insert “, whichever is the supplier to the end user”;\n(vii) after paragraph (n) insert—\n“(na) the overall amount of feedingstuff to be supplied under the prescription;”;\n(viii) omit paragraph (o);\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2) for “prescription” substitute “medicated feedingstuff prescription”;\n(c) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) In the case of a prescription to which sub-paragraph (1) applies which relates to an antibiotic, the time between a prescription being issued and the course of treatment starting must be no more than five working days.\n(2B) Subject to paragraph 7A in Schedule 3, a prescription for a medicated feedingstuff containing a medicinal premix which includes an antibiotic may not be issued for prophylactic purposes.”.\n(d) for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—\n“(3) In relation to food-producing animals a medicated feedingstuffs prescription may not confer authority for more than one course of treatment.”;\n(e) in the heading—\n(i) for “Prescriptions” substitute “Medicated feedingstuff prescriptions”;\n(ii) for “veterinary medicinal product” substitute “medicinal premix”.",
  "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/140",
    "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."
}