# The Medicines (Exemptions for Merchants in Veterinary Drugs) Order 1998, Article 7: Exemption and conditions of exemption for authorisation holders relating to sale


(1) The provisions of section 52 of the Act shall not apply to the sale of a veterinary drug to which this Order applies by the authorisation holder for that drug, if he complies with the conditions set out in paragraph (2) below.
(2) The conditions which must be complied with are that:
(a) premises used for the sale, which may include a stall of a permanent nature at a market or agricultural showground, must be occupied by him and under his control at all times when the premises are open for business and be capable of being closed so as to exclude the public,
(b) each veterinary drug sold is in the container in which it was made up for sale by the manufacturer or assembler which has not been opened since then, the product bears the manufacturer’s label which has not been altered and the product is not sold after the date of expiry indicated on its label,
(c) the sale is not by self-service methods,
(d) if the product is not a horse wormer the sale is to a person whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe has animals under his control for the purposes of, and in the course of carrying on, a business, either as his sole business activity or as part of his business activities,
(e) if the product is a horse wormer the sale is to a person whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe has in his charge a horse or pony and will use the product for the treatment of the animal concerned,
(f) if the product is an organophosphorus sheep dip, or after 30th December 1998 if the product is a sheep dip, not intended for export, the sale is to a person whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe is the holder, or the employer of or a person acting on behalf of the holder, of a Certificate of Competence, and the authorisation holder keeps a record of the Certificate number for three years from the date of sale, and
(g) he complies with the requirements as to records specified in article 8.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1044/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemptions-for-merchants-in-veterinary-drugs-order-1998/article-7
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