{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-medicated-animal-feeding-stuffs-regulations-1988/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/976",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-medicated-animal-feeding-stuffs-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Restrictions on incorporation of medicinal products in animal feeding stuffs",
  "text": "(1) No person shall, in the course of a business carried on by him, incorporate a medicinal product of any description in an animal feeding stuff unless—\n(a) subject to paragraph (2) below—\n(i) where the medicinal product is incorporated at a rate below 2 kilograms per tonne, his name is entered in Part A of the Register in respect of the premises where the medicinal product is incorporated, or\n(ii) in any other case, his name is entered in Part A or Part B of the Register in respect of the premises where the medicinal product is incorporated;\nand\n(b) the medicinal product is incorporated—\n(i) in accordance with provisions relating to the incorporation of the medicinal product in animal feeding stuffs contained in a product licence or animal test certificate (whether held by him or another person), or\n(ii) in accordance with a veterinary written direction.\n(2) Paragraph (1)(a) above shall not apply—\n(a) to a fish farmer;\n(b) to a person incorporating a medicinal product in accordance with a veterinary written direction where—\n(i) a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner has reason to believe it necessary to authorise a derogation from that paragraph on grounds of immediate danger to the health of animals under his care and the veterinary written direction authorises such derogation on those grounds, and\n(ii) the person incorporating the medicinal product sends a copy of the veterinary written direction to the Society or the Department within 28 days of incorporation;\nor\n(c) to a person operating mobile mixing equipment if—\n(i) his name is entered in the Register in respect of the premises where his mobile mixing equipment is normally kept, and\n(ii) in a case where his name is entered in Part B of the Register, the medicinal product is incorporated in the animal feeding stuff at a rate of at least 2 kilograms per tonne.\n(3) No person, other than a person whose name is entered in Part A of the Register or a fish farmer, shall, in the course of a business carried on by him, incorporate in an animal feeding stuff a medicinal product in respect of which there is no product licence or animal test certificate relating to the incorporation of that product in an animal feeding stuff as provided for in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) above unless—\n(a) the veterinary written direction states the reason for authorising incorporation of that medicinal product, and\n(b) the person incorporating the medicinal product sends a copy of the veterinary written direction to the Society or the Department within 28 days of incorporation.\n(4) No person, other than a fish farmer, shall, in the course of a business carried on by him, incorporate in an animal feeding stuff a medicinal product in respect of which there is no product licence or animal test certificate unless there is attached to his copy of the veterinary written direction—\n(a) in the case of a medicinal product which is the subject of a monograph in the 1980 edition of the British Pharmacopoeia, the 1985 edition of the British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) or the second edition of the European Pharmacopoeia, together with in each case any amendments, additions and deletions made to it up to 26th May 1988, a certificate stating that the medicinal product is of the standard specified for that product in that edition, or\n(b) in any other case, a certificate of analysis.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/976/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:05:47.200714+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."
}