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The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/1392 · Made 13 June 1991

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MEDICINES

Made 13th June 1991

Laid before Parliament 17th June 1991

Coming into force 8th July 1991

The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Scotland and in Wales, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 58(1) and (4), 59 and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968f1 and now vested in themf2, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the following Order in accordance with section 129(6) of that Act, and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Veterinary Products Committee in accordance with sections 58(6) and 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1968 c. 67; “the appropriate Ministers” referred to in sections 58 and 59 is defined in section 1 (see also the following footnote).

f2

In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in Wales by virtue of S.I. 1969/388, in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272 and in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments by virtue of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), section 40 and Schedule 5, and the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28), section 1(3) and Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1)(b).

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement, interpretation and revocation
  2. 2Appropriate practitioners
  3. 3Medicinal products on prescription only
  4. 4Medicinal products that are not prescription only
  5. 5Exemption for medicinal products at high dilutions
  6. 6Exemptions for certain persons
  7. 7Exemption in cases involving another’s default
  8. 8Prescriptions
  9. 9Defences
  10. 10Transitional provision
  11. Signature
  12. Schedule 1DESCRIPTIONS AND CLASSES OF PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES
  13. Schedule 2VETERINARY DRUGS FOR PARENTERAL ADMINISTRATION THATARE NOT PRESCRIPTION ONLY
  14. Schedule 3: EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PERSONS FROM SECTION 58(2) OF THE ACT
  15. IPart I
  16. IIPart II
  17. IIIPart III
  18. Explanatory note