{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-order-2001/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1646",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-order-2001",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Exemptions for certain persons",
  "text": "(1) The prohibition imposed by section 58(2)(a) of the Act (sale or supply) shall not apply to—\n(a) the sale or supply by a person within a paragraph of column 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 of a medicinal product within the corresponding paragraph of column 2 in accordance with any conditions specified in the corresponding paragraph of column 3, or\n(b) supply in accordance with a licence granted under regulation 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations.\n(2) The prohibition imposed by section 58(2)(b) of the Act (administration) shall not apply to the administration by a person within a paragraph of column 1 of Part II of Schedule 2 of a medicinal product within the corresponding paragraph of column 2 in accordance with any conditions specified in the corresponding paragraph of column 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1646/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:49:47.450944+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."
}