{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2033",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Application for authorisation",
  "text": "(1) An application for a wholesale dealer’s authorisation (which must be submitted to the Secretary of State electronically) must include the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) the matters are—\n(a) the name of the person who will hold the wholesale dealer’s authorisation and that person’s address or registered place of business;\n(b) the names and addresses of the sites from which wholesale dealing of veterinary medicinal products is to take place;\n(c) evidence that the sites mentioned in paragraph (b) are—\n(i) weatherproof;\n(ii) secure and lockable;\n(iii) clean;\n(iv) free from contaminants;\n(v) designed with designated areas for the receipt of veterinary medicinal products; and\n(vi) where the veterinary medicinal products for which the authorisation is sought are subject to specific storage requirements, capable of fulfilling those requirements;\n(d) the name of the person nominated to act in accordance with good distribution practice (the “wholesale qualified person”);\n(e) the qualifications and a description of the relevant experience of the wholesale qualified person;\n(f) a description of the veterinary medicinal products proposed to be dealt in under the authorisation;\n(g) evidence that the proposed holder of the authorisation has available to it the services of technically competent staff;\n(h) evidence that the proposed holder of the authorisation has in place—\n(i) an effective emergency recall plan; and\n(ii) a quality system;\n(i) a declaration that the applicant complies with good distribution practice and any relevant legislation;\n(j) a declaration that any site mentioned in paragraph (b) is ready for inspection.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 17 substituted (E.W.S.) (17.5.2024) by The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/567), regs. 1(1), 110"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2033/schedule/3/paragraph/17",
    "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."
}