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Paragraph 63 Placing a homeopathic remedy on the market in accordance with a registrationE1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

By way of derogation from the provisions of these Regulations requiring a marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product, a homeopathic remedy may be placed on the market in accordance with a registration by the Secretary of State instead of in accordance with a marketing authorisation if it complies with this paragraph.

(2)

It must not be an immunological F1or, subject to sub-paragraph (2A), a biological product.

F2(2A)

Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to a homeopathic remedy which is derived from plants.

(3)

The route of administration must be F3either topical or oral and must be as described in the European PharmacopoeiaF4....

(4)

There must be a sufficient degree of dilution to guarantee the safety of the product, and in any event it must not contain more than one part in 10,000 of the mother tincture.

(5)

All other provisions relating to marketing authorisations apply in the same way to registrations of a homeopathic remedy.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 1 para. 63(2) inserted (E.W.S.) (17.5.2024) by The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/567), regs. 1(1), 75(a)

F2

Sch. 1 para. 63(2A) inserted (E.W.S.) (17.5.2024) by The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/567), regs. 1(1), 75(b)

F3

Words in Sch. 1 para. 63(3) inserted (E.W.S.) (17.5.2024) by The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/567), regs. 1(1), 75(c)

F4

Words in Sch. 1 para. 63(3) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/676), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(31) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1461, regs. 1(2)(a), 3(2)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Extent

E1

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

Notes on Schedule 1

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 1 heading inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1461), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(7)(a)

F2

Words in Sch. 1 heading inserted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Health, Identification, Trade and Veterinary Medicines) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/353), regs. 1(3), 10(13)(a)