{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2745",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Advertising the product",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence to advertise a veterinary medicinal product if the advertisement is misleading or contains any medicinal claim that is not in the summary of product characteristics.\n(2) It is an offence to advertise a human medicine for administration to animals (including sending a price list of or including human medicines to a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practice).\n(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the holder of a wholesale dealer’s authorisation who supplies a list of human medicines, together with prices, to a veterinary surgeon for use under the cascade provided that—\n(a) the list is sent following a request from the veterinary surgeon to whom it is sent;\n(b) the veterinary surgeon has specified the type of human medicinal product he wishes to use, and the list is confined to human medicines of that type;\n(c) the list states clearly that the product does not have a marketing authorisation as a veterinary medicinal product, and may only be administered under the cascade; and\n(d) it only includes human medicines that may be administered legally under the cascade.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2745/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:34.048072+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."
}