{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-medicated-animal-feeding-stuffs-regulations-1989/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-medicated-animal-feeding-stuffs-regulations-1989/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2320",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-medicated-animal-feeding-stuffs-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;\n“animal feeding stuff” means any substance which is intended for use either by being fed to one or more animals or as an ingredient in the preparation of such a substance, not being in either case a medicinal product;\n“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland;\n“final medicated feeding stuff” means any substance, not being a medicinal product which is for use wholly or mainly by being fed to one or more animals for a medicinal purpose, or for purposes that include that purpose, without further processing;\n“fish farmer” means–\n(a) a person carrying on a business of fish farming or shellfish farming which is registered in a register kept by the Minister or the Secretary of State (as the case may be) pursuant to the Registration of Fish Farming and Shellfish Farming Businesses Order 1985; or\n(b) a person to whom a licence has been granted by the Department under section 11 of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966;\n“intermediate feed” means a medicated feeding stuff sold, supplied or imported for use wholly or mainly as an ingredient in the preparation of a substance which is to be fed to one or more animals for a medicinal purpose or for purposes that include that purpose, with or without further processing;\n“medicinal product” means a medicinal product as defined in section 130 of the Act and, for the purposes of these Regulations, includes “intermediate feed”;\n“the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;\n“prescription only medicine” means a medicinal product falling within a description or class for the time being specified for the purposes of section 58 of the Medicines Act 1968 in an Order made under that section;\n“the Register” means the Register kept under regulation 6(1)–\n(a) by the registrar as respects Great Britain, or\n(b) by the Department as respects Northern Ireland;\n“the Society” means the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain;\n“veterinary written direction” means a written direction given by a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner in accordance with regulation 5.\n(2) Reference in these Regulations to the incorporation of a medicinal product in an animal feeding stuff do not include a reference to it being so incorporated in the course of making a medicinal product; but subject to that, they include a reference to the incorporation–\n(a) for a medicinal purpose of a substance or article other than a medicinal product, or\n(b) of a substance in which a medicinal product has been incorporated,\nin an animal feeding stuff.\n(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation shall be construed as a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1985/1391."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1966 c. 17 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 130 was amended by the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40), section 13(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The current order is S.I. 1989/2319."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/1210",
      "affecting_title": "The Medicines (Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1990"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2320/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:32:35.034700+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."
}