Explanatory note

defining the registrar who will keep the register of manufacturers (regulation 2(2));

providing that a person, in the course of a business carried on by him, may incorporate in animal feeding stuffs a veterinary drug which is already exempted from the licensing and certification requirements of the Medicines Act 1968 without the need to be registered (regulation 2(3)(a));

providing that incorporation of a medicinal product in animal feeding stuffs in accordance with a written veterinary direction applies only in respect of medicinal products to which a product licence relates and not in respect of medicinal products to which an animal test certificate relates (regulation 2(3)(a));

redrafting regulation 3 to clarify the provisions relating to the keeping of written records in respect of medicated animal feeding stuffs intended for export (regulation 2(3)(b));

making other minor drafting amendments (regulation 2(4) and (5) and (6));