# The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) Order 1989, Article 10: Exemptions in cases involving another’s default


(1) The restrictions imposed by section 52 of the Act shall not apply to the sale by retail, in compliance with the conditions contained in articles 3(2), (4) or (5) and 4, of a veterinary drug by a person for the time being carrying on a qualifying business, which drug that person, having exercised all due diligence, on reasonable grounds believes to be a veterinary drug described in article 3(1)(a) or (3)(a) or (b), but which, due to the act or default of another person, is not such a veterinary drug.
(2) The restrictions imposed by section 52 of the Act shall not apply to the sale by retail, in compliance with the conditions contained in articles 6(2) to (6), of a veterinary drug by a person for the time being carrying on a business described in article 6(1)(a), which drug that person, having exercised all due diligence, on reasonable grounds believes to be a veterinary drug described in article 6(1)(a), but which, due to the act or default of another person, is not such a veterinary drug.
(3) The restrictions imposed by section 52 of the Act shall not apply to the sale by retail, in compliance with the conditions contained in articles 7(2) to (5) and 8, of a veterinary drug by a person for the time being carrying on a qualifying business or a saddlery business, which drug that person, having exercised all due diligence, on reasonable grounds believes to be a veterinary drug described in article 7(1)(a), but which, due to the act or default or another person is not such a veterinary drug.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1056/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-veterinary-drugs-pharmacy-and-merchants-list-order-1989/article-10
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