{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2539",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Prescriptions",
  "text": "(1) A prescription may be oral or written, but a veterinary medicinal product classified as POM-V or POM-VPS may only be supplied—\n(a) by the person who prescribed it;\n(b) under a written prescription that complies with paragraph 6; or\n(c) (in the case of POM-VPS) by a suitably qualified person in accordance with paragraph 14(5).\n(2) A person supplying such a product under a written prescription—\n(a) may only supply the product specified in that prescription;\n(b) must take all reasonable steps to satisfy himself that the prescription has been written and signed by a person entitled to prescribe the product; and\n(c) must take all reasonable steps to ensure that it is supplied to the person named in the prescription.\n(3) It is an offence to fail to comply with this paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2539/schedule/3/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:44:29.692897+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."
}