{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemptions-for-merchants-in-veterinary-drugs-order-1998/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemptions-for-merchants-in-veterinary-drugs-order-1998/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1044",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Exemptions for Merchants in Veterinary Drugs) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemptions-for-merchants-in-veterinary-drugs-order-1998",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Records",
  "text": "(1) An agricultural merchant, saddler or authorisation holder shall comply with the following paragraphs in respect of veterinary drugs to which this Order applies.\n(2) For each incoming and outgoing transaction a record shall be kept of—\n(a) the date of the transaction,\n(b) the identity of the product,\n(c) the manufacturer’s batch number,\n(d) the quantity received or supplied, and\n(e) the name and address of the supplier or recipient.\n(3) At least once a year a detailed audit of all such transactions shall be carried out and recorded, with incoming and outgoing products reconciled with those held in stock, and any discrepancies recorded.\n(4) All records kept in accordance with the preceding paragraphs shall be durable, but may be kept by electronic means, and shall be kept for a period of three years from the date of the transaction or audit, and made available on request to the registration authority or to any person duly authorised in writing by an enforcement authority within the meaning of section 132(1) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/2686",
      "affecting_title": "The Medicines (Exemptions for Merchants in Veterinary Drugs) (Amendment) Order 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1044/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:12.207733+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."
}