{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-vaccination-against-foot-and-mouth-disease-order-2004/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-vaccination-against-foot-and-mouth-disease-order-2004/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2779",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Vaccination Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-vaccination-against-foot-and-mouth-disease-order-2004",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Supply of FMD vaccine",
  "text": "(1) The restrictions of sections 52 (“Sale or supply of medicinal products not on general sale list”) and 58(2)(a) (“Medicinal products on prescription only”) of the Act shall not apply to the supply of FMD vaccine by—\n(a) a person falling under any of the following categories if he acts within the terms of his engagement by the appropriate authority and does so as part of the appropriate authority’s response to an outbreak of FMD which has occurred in the United Kingdom or as part of the appropriate authority’s response to a relevant risk:\n(i) officers of the appropriate authority;\n(ii) lay vaccinators;\n(iii) other persons engaged by the appropriate authority; or\n(b) a person who acts on the instructions of his employer if by virtue of sub-paragraph (a)(iii) the restrictions of sections 52 and 58(2)(a) of the Act do not apply to that employer when he gives those instructions.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) an outbreak of FMD has occurred in the United Kingdom where—\n(a) the situation described in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 of the Schedule applies in the United Kingdom, and an analysis establishing the finding referred to in that paragraph is confirmed by the Chief Veterinary Officer or on her behalf in such manner and to such persons as she regards appropriate in the situation; or\n(b) the situation described in paragraph 5 of the Schedule applies and the Chief Veterinary Officer’s satisfaction described in that paragraph is communicated by her or on her behalf in such manner and to such persons as she regards appropriate in the situation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2779/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:23.990344+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."
}