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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2745",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Enforcement of Regulation (EC) No. 183/2005",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Regulation (EC) No. 183/2005 (of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down requirements for feed hygiene) the competent authority is the Secretary of State.\n(2) Any person who contravenes any of the following provisions of that Regulation is guilty of an offence—\n(a) Article 5 (2), (5) and (6) (specific obligations);\n(b) Article 6(1) as read with (2) and (3) (HACCP system);\n(c) Article 7(1) (documents concerning the HACCP system);\n(d) Article 9(2) (official controls, notification and registration);\n(e) Article 11 (prohibition on operating without approval or registration);\n(f) Article 17(2) (exemption from on-site visits);\n(g) Article 18(3) (declaration of compliance);\n(h) Article 23(1) (conditions relating to imports);\n(i) Article 25 (feed produced for export to third countries).\n(3) In accordance with Article 10(2) of that Regulation—\n(a) a manufacturer incorporating a veterinary medicinal product into feedingstuffs, and\n(b) any person acting as a distributor of feedingstuffs containing a veterinary medicinal product,\nmust be approved in the same way as a manufacturer incorporating specified feed additives or distributor of feedingstuffs containing specified feed additives.\n(4) A manufacturer must ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, the active ingredient is evenly incorporated throughout the feedingstuffs and failure to do so is an offence.\n(5) In the case of the refusal, suspension or revocation of an approval under the Regulation the representations procedure relating to a manufacturing authorisation in paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 shall apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L35, 8.2.2005, p. 1."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2745/schedule/5/paragraph/5",
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  },
  "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."
}