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(1) This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) (Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 6th December 1991.
(2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1991.
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(1) The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(2) For article 6(1) (exemptions for certain persons) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–“
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(1) The restrictions imposed by section 58(2)(a) (restrictions on sale and supply) shall not apply–
(a) to the sale or supply by a person listed in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 3, or
(b) to the supply by a person listed in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 3,
of the prescription only medicines listed in column 2 of Part I or Part II, as the case may be, of Schedule 3 in relation to that person if and so long as the conditions specified in the corresponding paragraphs in column 3 of Part I or Part II, as the case may be, of Schedule 3 are fulfilled.”
(3) In article 10 (transitional provision) for the words “article 3(1)(e)”, in both places, there shall be substituted “article 3(1)(d)”.
(4) In Schedule 1–
(a) after the entry “Edrophonium Chloride” there shall be inserted the following entry–“

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Efrotomycin Incorporation in feed as a growth promoter for –
(1) Piglets up to 4 months of age at levels from 4-8 ppm
(2) Pigs between 4 and 6 months of age at levels from 4-6 ppm”
(b) after the entry “Sulphapyridine Sodium” there shall be inserted, in column 1, the following two entries–“
 Sulphaquinoxaline
 Sulphaquinoxaline Sodium”.
Virginia Bottomley
Minister of State for Health
7th November 1991Strathclyde
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
6th November 1991David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
12th November 1991In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 11th November 1991.
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 11th day of November 1991.
F. A. Elliott
Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 11th day of November 1991.
W. J. Hodges
Permanent Secretary
