{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2033",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Qualified persons for manufacture",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may appoint as a qualified person (manufacture) any person (including the manufacturer of a veterinary medicinal product) who is—\n(a) a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society or registered with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland;\n(b) a Chartered Chemist or a Fellow, Member or Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry; or\n(c) a Chartered Biologist or a Fellow, Member or Associate Member of the Society of Biology;\n(1A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a person has sufficient practical experience if they have been engaged in one or more of the activities mentioned in sub-paragraph (1B) for at least two years in the provision of services to the holder of a manufacturing authorisation.\n(1B) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1A) the activities are—\n(a) quality assurance of medicinal products;\n(b) qualitative analysis of medicinal products;\n(c) quantitative analysis of active substances.\n(1C) The Secretary of State may treat the reference in sub-paragraph (1A) to two years of practical experience as a reference to—\n(a) one year, where the person’s formal course of study lasted for at least five years;\n(b) six months, where the person’s formal course of study lasted for at least six years.\nwho qualified on the basis of a formal course of study lasting not less than three years full-time or equivalent and who has sufficient practical experience to carry out the duties under this Schedule.\n(2) The Secretary of State may exceptionally appoint a person who is not a member of one of those institutions to act as a qualified person (manufacture) on being satisfied that that person has the educational qualifications or practical experience to carry out the duties under this Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 9(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (17.5.2024) by The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/567), regs. 1(1), 89(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 9(1A)-(1C) inserted (E.W.S.) (17.5.2024) by The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/567), regs. 1(1), 89(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2033/schedule/2/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:44:44.019972+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."
}