Regulation 29 Veterinary Products Committee appeals procedure

The following procedure applies when there is an appeal to the Veterinary Products Committee.

The appeal may be written or oral, or both, at the choice of the appellant.

The appellant may not present to the Committee any new data that were not available to the Secretary of State at the time of the original decision.

The Committee must consider the appeal and any representations made by the Secretary of State, and report its findings in writing to the Secretary of State together with its recommendations.

The Secretary of State must send a copy of the report to the appellant on request.

The Secretary of State must consider the report and then form a provisional decision.

He must then notify the provisional decision to the appellant, together with the reasons for it.

The appellant may then appeal against the Secretary of State’s provisional decision to a person appointed for the purpose by the Secretary of State.

The appointed person must consider the appeal (but may not consider any new data that were not available to the Secretary of State at the time of the original decision) and any representations made by the Secretary of State and report in writing, with a recommended course of action, to the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State must then reach a final decision and notify the appellant, together with the reasons for it.