# The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) Order 1989, Article 3: Exemptions for merchants in veterinary drugs


(1) The restrictions imposed by section 52 of the Act (restrictions on sale or supply of medicinal products not on a general sale list) shall not apply to the sale by retail of any veterinary drug not on a general sale list by the holder of the product licence in respect of that veterinary drug, by a specially authorised person or by a person who is for the time being carrying on a qualifying business, if that veterinary drug is specified in the second column of Schedule 1 and the conditions contained in paragraph (2) below and article 4 are compiled with.
(2) No veterinary drug described in paragraph (1) above shall be sold by retail except to a person whom the seller knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, to be a person who has animals under his control for the purposes of, and in the course of carrying on, a business, either as his sole business activity or as a part of his business activities.
(3) The restrictions imposed by section 52 of the Act shall not apply to the sale by retail of any veterinary drug not on a general sale list and not being a prescription only medicine by a person who is for the time being carrying on a qualifying business, if –
(a) that veterinary drug –
(i) is or contains a veterinary drug specified in Schedule 2, and
(ii) is intended for incorporation in animal feeding stuffs at a rate below 2 kilograms per tonne of the final medicated feeding stuff,
and the conditions contained in paragraph (4) below and article 4 are complied with; or
(b) that veterinary drug –
(i) is or contains a veterinary drug specified in Schedule 2, and
(ii) is intended for incorporation in animal feeding stuffs at a rate of at least 2 kilograms per tonne of the final medicated feeding stuff,
and the conditions contained in paragraph (5) below and article 4 are complied with.
(4) No veterinary drug described in paragraph (3)(a) above shall be sold by retail except –
(a) to a person whose name is entered in Part A of the Register of Manufacturers, or
(b) to a fish farmer.
(5) No veterinary drug described in paragraph (3)(b) above shall be sold by retail except –
(a) to a person whose name is entered in Part A or Part B of the Register of Manufacturers, or
(b) to a fish farmer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1056/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-veterinary-drugs-pharmacy-and-merchants-list-order-1989/article-3
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