{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2539",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Writing the prescription",
  "text": "(1) The person who writes the prescription must—\n(a) give a copy to the person incorporating the veterinary medicinal product into the feedingstuffs or to the distributor of the feedingstuffs;\n(b) give one copy to the keeper of the animals to be treated;\n(c) keep a copy himself.\n(2) He must be satisfied that—\n(a) there is no undesirable interaction between the veterinary medicinal product and any feed additive used in the feedingstuffs; and\n(b) the active substance of the veterinary medicinal product is not the same as an active substance in any feed additive used in the feedingstuffs.\n(3) For the avoidance of doubt, a veterinary surgeon may prescribe either a veterinary medicinal product authorised for that species and condition, or under the cascade.\n(4) The requirement for a written prescription does not apply in relation to a veterinary medicinal product supplied to a person specified in paragraph 6(2) for incorporation into feedingstuffs in their premises, but in this case paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 applies in relation to the supply of the veterinary medicinal product.\n(5) 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/5/paragraph/17",
    "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."
}