PART 4 N.I.Offences, Penalties, Defences and Exceptions

Exception to prohibition on administration for products having oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action N.I.

28.—(1) Administration is in accordance with this regulation if, in the case of farm animals other than production animals —

(a) it is carried out for the purpose of zootechnical treatment;

(b) it is carried out, in the case of the synchronisation of oestrus or the preparation of donors or recipients for the implantation of embryos by, or under the direct responsibility of a veterinary surgeon, and in any other case, by a veterinary surgeon; and

(c) the veterinary surgeon responsible for the treatment, issues a prescription for the products to be administered, whether he supplies them or not.

(2) Administration is in accordance with this regulation if, in the case of fish aged three months or less, the administration is of products with an androgenic action for sex inversion purposes.