The Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1997

Defences and exceptions

28.  Administration is in accordance with this regulation if—

(a) it is of a veterinary medicinal product having an oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action for the purpose of zootechnical treatment of a clearly identified animal other than a production animal;

(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;

(c) the veterinary surgeon who carries out, or who is responsible for, the administration makes an appropriate record of the treatment and makes out a non-renewable prescription specifying the treatment in question and the quantity of the product required; and

(d) in the case of the treatment of aquaculture animals for the purpose of sex inversion, it is of a veterinary medicinal product having an androgenous action and carried out on fish aged 3 months or less.