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

Amendment

2.—(1) The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) Order 1992(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In article 2(1) (interpretation), there shall be inserted the following definition:

““veterinary written direction” means a written direction given by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner in accordance with regulation 7 of the Medicines (Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) (No.2) Regulations 1992(2);”.

(3) In article 5 (Register of Merchants)—

(a) paragraph (7) shall be omitted, and

(b) in paragraphs (8)(a), (10) and (11) for the words “the fee specified in paragraph (7)(a) above”, “the fee specified in paragraph (7)(b) above” and “the fee specified in paragraph (7)(c) above” respectively, there shall be substituted in each place the words “the appropriate fee”.

(4) In article 6 (exemptions for merchants in intermediate feed), for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

“(1) The restrictions imposed by section 52 of the Act (restrictions on sale or supply of medicinal products not on a general sale list) shall not apply to the placing on the market of any intermediate feed by the holder of a product licence in respect of that intermediate feed, by a specially authorised person or by a person entered in the Register of Merchants as a Category 1 or 2 merchant subject to the following conditions:

(a) the intermediate feed has been manufactured in accordance with—

(i) the Medicines (Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) (No.2) Regulations 1992, and

(ii) any undertaking given in respect of the relevant Code of Practice pursuant to regulation 3(7)(a)(ii) or 3(7)(b)(ii) of those Regulations;

(b) the intermediate feed contains only a veterinary drug specified in the second column of either Schedule 2 or Schedule 3; and

(c) the further conditions contained in paragraphs (2) and (6) below and article 7 are complied with.”.

(5) In article 8 (Register of Merchants)—

(a) paragraph (7) shall be omitted, and

(b) in paragraphs (8)(a), (10) and (11) for the words “the fee specified in paragraph (7)(a) above”, “the fee specified in paragraph (7)(b) above” and “the fee specified in paragraph (7)(c)above” respectively, there shall be substituted in each place the words “the appropriate fee”.

(6) In article 12 (Register of Merchants)—

(a) paragraph (7) shall be omitted, and

(b) in paragraphs (8)(a), (10) and (11) for the words “the fee specified in paragraph (7)(a) above”, “the fee specified in paragraph (7)(b) above” and “the fee specified in paragraph (7)(c) above” respectively, there shall be substituted in each place the words “the appropriate fee”.

(7) After article 15 there shall be added the following new article—

“Fees

16.   The applicant for registration, retention or restoration of his name to a register kept under this Order shall pay to the Society or the Department of Health (N.I.) (as the case may be) the fee specified in Schedule 5 in relation to that application.”.

(8) For Schedules 1 to 4 there shall be substituted the Schedules numbered 1 to 4 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(9) After Schedule 4 there shall be added the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

(1)

S.I.1992/33.

(2)

S.I.1992/1520.