Exemptions for merchants in veterinary drugs3.
(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 sale by retail of any veterinary drug not on a general sale list by the holder of the product licence in respect of that veterinary drug, by a specially authorised person or by a person entered in the Register of Merchants as a Category 1 merchant, if that veterinary drug is specified in the second column of Schedule 1 and the conditions contained in paragraph (2) below and article 4 are complied with.
(2)
No veterinary drug described in paragraph (1) above shall be sold by retail except to a person whom the seller knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, to be a person who has animals under his control for the purposes of, and in the course of carrying on, a business, either as his sole business activity or as a part of his business activities.
(3)
The restrictions imposed by section 52 of the Act shall not apply to the sale by retail of any veterinary drug not on a general sale list and not being a prescription only medicine by the holder of the product licence in respect of that veterinary drug, by a specially authorised person or by a person entered in the Register of Merchants as a Category 1 merchant, if—
(a)
that veterinary drug—
(i)
is a veterinary drug specified in Schedule 2, and
(ii)
is intended for incorporation in animal feeding stuffs at a rate below 2 kilograms per tonne of the final medicated feeding stuff, are complied with; or
(b)
that veterinary drug—
(i)
is a veterinary drug specified in Schedule 2, and
(ii)
is intended for incorporation in animal feeding stuffs at a rate of at least 2 kilograms per tonne of the final medicated feeding stuff, are complied with.
(4)
No veterinary drug described in paragraph (3) (a) above shall be soldby retail except—
(a)
to a person whose name is entered in Part A of the Register of Manufacturers, or
(b)
to a fish farmer.
(5)
No veterinary drug described in paragraph (3) (b) above shall be sold by retail except—
(a)
to a person whose name is entered in Part A or Part B of the Register of Manufacturers, or
(b)
to a fish farmer.