{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2745",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Administration of the product",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence to administer a veterinary medicinal product to an animal unless—\n(a) the product has a marketing authorisation authorising its administration in the United Kingdom, and the administration is in accordance with that marketing authorisation; or\n(b) it is administered in accordance with Schedule 4 (Administration of a veterinary medicinal product outside the terms a marketing authorisation).\n(2) It is an offence to administer a veterinary medicinal product to a food-producing animal unless it was prescribed in accordance with Schedule 3 or is administered in accordance with Schedule 4.\n(3) This regulation does not apply in the case of a product administered for research purposes in accordance with a certificate (“an animal test certificate”) granted for the purpose by the Secretary of State.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}