Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;

• “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland;

• “the Department of Health (N.I.)” means the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland;

• “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;

• “fish farmer” means—

  1. (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^f1; or

  2. (b)

     a person to whom a licence has been granted by the Department under section 11 of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966^f2;

• “intermediate feed” means a medicated feeding stuff (not being a final 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;

• “medicinal product” means a medicinal product as defined in section 130 of the Act^f3 and, for the purposes of these Regulations, includes “intermediate feed”;

• “the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

• “placing on the market” means the holding for sale or disposal in any other form whatever to third parties, whether or not for consideration, and actual sale or disposal;

• “prescription only medicine” means a medicinal product falling within a description or class for the time being specifed for the purposes of section 58 of the Medicines Act 1968 in an Order made under that section^f4;

• “the Register” means the Register kept under regulation 7(1)—

  1. (a)

     by the registrar as respects Great Britain, or

  2. (b)

     by the Department as respects Northern Ireland;

• “the registrar” means any person appointed under section 1 of the Pharmacy Act 1954^f5 as registrar for the purposes of that Act;

• “the Society” means the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain;

• “veterinary written direction” means a written direction given by a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner in accordance with regulation 6;

• “withdrawal period” means the period from cessation of medication of an animal with a medicated feeding stuff to slaughter of that animal for human consumption or to the taking of products derived from such an animal for human consumption.

Without prejudice to section 11 of the Interpretation Act 1978^f6, references in these Regulations to the incorporation of a medicinal product in an animal feeding stuff shall be construed as provided in section 40(11) of the Act.

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the regulation or Schedule which bears that number in these Regulations.