# The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) (Amendment) Order 1994, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) Order 1992 (“the principal Order”) (S. I.1992/33 amended by S. I.1992/3081) so as to impose additional conditions to which the retail sale or supply of certain veterinary drugs by the specified persons in article 3(1) of the principal Order shall be subject.
The Order requires that certain sheep dips which contain organophosphorus compounds which are not intended for export may only be sold by retail to those whom the seller knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be holders of specified Certificates issued by the National Proficiency Tests Council (or by that Council and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland), to employers of such Certificate holders or to persons acting on behalf of such holders. A new article 3(2)(b) specifies which Certificates may be accepted from 1st April 1994 to 31st March 1995 and that which may be accepted thereafter (article 2(2)). The seller is also required to keep a record of the reference number of the Certificate held (article 2(3)). Sales at registered pharmacies must be under the supervision of a pharmacist (article 2(4)).
A new paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the principal Order is introduced, showing which products are subject to these restrictions on sale or supply, and this includes all alternative product names under which those products may be sold. Amendments are also made to Schedules 1 to 4 to the principal Order to take account of Product Licences granted or withdrawn since the Order was last amended (these Schedules are reprinted in their entirety for ease of reference) (article 2(6) and the Schedule).
The Order also makes a minor drafting amendment to the principal Order (article 2(5)).
The National Proficiency Tests Council may be contacted at the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LG.
A Compliance Cost Assessment has been prepared and a copy has been placed in the library of the House.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/599/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-veterinary-drugs-pharmacy-and-merchants-list-amendment-order-1994/note
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