The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) Order 1992

Further conditions for exemption under article 9

10.—(1) No veterinary drug nor intermediate feed such as is described inarticle 9(1), (3) or (5) shall be sold by retail by self-service methods.

(2) In respect of any placing on the market of any veterinary drug described in article 9(1), (3) or (5) the seller shall make a record of the sale containing particulars of—

(a) the date on which the veterinary drug was sold,

(b) the name, quantity and, except where it is apparent from the name, the pharmaceutical form and strength of the veterinary drug sold, and the name, identification and quantity of the intermediate feed sold, and

(c) the name and address of the person to whom the veterinary drug or intermediate feed was sold, date of the sale.

(3) No person, other than a person whose name is entered in Part A of the Register of Manufacturers shall, in the course of a business carried on by him, place on the market or sell by retail any veterinary drug or intermediate feed such as is described in article 9(1), (3) or (5) unless—

(a) before making any such sale he, or a previous owner of the business, has notified the Society, or in the case of a business carried on in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health (N.I.), as appropriate, of the relevant particulars; and

(b) every twelve months after the first notification, whether made by him or by a previous owner, he notifies the Society or the Department of Health (N.I.), as appropriate, of the relevant particulars; and

(c) he notifies the Society or the Department of Health (N.I.), as appropriate, of any change in the relevant particulars which has occurred since the last notification the reof as soon after such change occurs as is reasonably practicable.

(4) In paragraph (3) above “the relevant particulars”, in relation to a business, means the name of the business and the address, or, where appropriate, the location of every premises on which, during the course of the carrying on of that business, veterinary drugs described in article 9(1), (3) or (5) are being, or are during the next twelve months to be, sold or stored.