Amendment of Schedule 5U.K.
3.—(1) Schedule 5 (medicated feedingstuffs and specified feed additives) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 20 (writing the prescription) for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) The person must prescribe a veterinary medicinal product authorised for incorporation in feedingstuffs but may, if there is no veterinary medicinal product authorised for a condition in a particular species—
(a)prescribe a veterinary medicinal product authorised for another species or for another condition in the same species, and
(b)prescribe more than one veterinary medicinal product,
provided all veterinary medicinal products prescribed are authorised for incorporation in feedingstuffs.”
(3) In paragraph 29 (import for incorporation into premixture or feedingstuffs for export) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) A manufacturer of premixture or feedingstuffs who imports a veterinary medicinal product authorised in another Member State or third country for the purposes of incorporating it into premixture or feedingstuffs for export does not commit an offence under regulation 43(q) (importation of an unauthorised veterinary medicinal product) or regulation 43(r) (possession of an unauthorised veterinary medicinal product)”.
(4) In paragraph 31(q) (prescription writing offences) for the words “20(1) or (2)” substitute “20”.