{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2745",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Marketing authorisations for food-producing animals",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall not grant a marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product for food-producing species unless all its pharmacologically active substances appear in Annex I, II or III to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90.\n(2) This shall not apply in the case of a marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product for administration to a horse that has been declared as not intended for slaughter for human consumption in accordance with—\n(a) the Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004;\n(b) the Horse Passports Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004;\n(c) the Horse Passports (Scotland) Regulations 2005;\n(d) the Horse Passports (Wales) Regulations 2005,\nbut the product shall neither include active substances that appear in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 nor be intended for use in the treatment of conditions, as detailed in the authorised Summary of Product Characteristics, for which a veterinary medicinal product is authorised for horses.\n(3) In this paragraph “horse” includes any member of the equidae family.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/1397."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. (NI) 2004 No. 497."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2005/223."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/231 (W. 21)."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2745/schedule/1/paragraph/23",
    "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."
}