{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-relevant-veterinary-medicinal-products-order-2005/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2751",
  "legislation_title": "The Supply of Relevant Veterinary Medicinal Products Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-relevant-veterinary-medicinal-products-order-2005",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Directions by the Secretary of State as to compliance",
  "text": "(1) The CMA may give directions to a person specified in the directions, or to the holder for the time being of an office so specified in any company or association—\n(a) to take such steps within his competence as may be specified or described in the directions for the purposes of carrying out, or securing compliance with, this Order; or\n(b) to do or refrain from doing anything so specified or described which he might be required by this Order to do or refrain from doing.\n(2) In paragraph (1), “steps” includes steps to introduce and maintain arrangements to ensure that any person carries out or secures compliance with this Order.\n(3) The CMA may vary or revoke any directions given.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 8(1)(3) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/549), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 17(4) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 8 in force at 31.10.2005, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2751/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:35:27.923783+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."
}