# The Supply of Relevant Veterinary Medicinal Products Order 2005, Article 3: Prescription fees and prohibition of discrimination

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), during the relevant period a veterinary surgeon must not charge a client a fee for providing a prescription.
(2) During the relevant period a veterinary surgeon may pass on to his clients the costs incurred in providing prescriptions, provided that he does so in a manner that does not discriminate between clients to whom he gives prescriptions and clients to whom he does not.
(3) It shall be unlawful for a veterinary surgeon to discriminate between a client to whom he provides prescriptions and a client to whom he does not, in—
(a) the price he charges for a relevant veterinary medicinal product; and
(b) the fee he charges for supplying veterinary services other than giving a prescription.
(4) In paragraphs (1) and (2), “relevant period” means the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2751/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-relevant-veterinary-medicinal-products-order-2005/article-3
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