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This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemptions for Merchants in Veterinary Drugs) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 9th October 2000.
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(1) The Medicines (Exemptions for Merchants in Veterinary Drugs) Order 1998 is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article.
(2) In paragraph (3) of article 6 (conditions of exemption for agricultural merchants)—
(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (a) the word “and” shall be deleted;
(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “an organophosphorus sheep dip, or after 30th December 1998 if the product is a sheep dip” there shall be substituted the words “a sheep dip of any type”;
(c) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the word “, and” followed by the following sub-paragraph:“
(c) if the product is an organophosphorus sheep dip, not intended for export, the sale is effected together with the provision to the buyer of—
(i) a double side laminated notice meeting the specification set out in the Schedule to this Order (unless the notice has been provided to the buyer within the previous twelve months and the agricultural merchant knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the buyer still has it available for use), and
(ii) two pairs of gloves either as described in the notice or providing demonstrably superior protection to the proposed user against exposure to the dip than would be provided by gloves as so described”.
(3) For article 7 (exemption and conditions of exemption for authorisation holders relating to sale) these shall be substituted the following article:“
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(1) The provisions of section 52 of the Act shall not apply to the supply (in circumstances corresponding to sale) of a veterinary drug to which this Order applies by the authorisation holder for that drug, if he complies with the conditions set out in paragraph (2) below.
(2) The conditions which must be complied with are that:
(a) the supply is free of charge and takes place at premises which are occupied by him and under his control at all times when the premises are open for business and which are capable of being secured so as to exclude the public,
(b) each veterinary drug supplied is in the container in which it was made up for supply by the manufacturer or assembler and which has not been opened since then, the product bears the manufacturer’s label which has not been altered and the product is not sold after the date of expiry indicated on its label,
(c) the supply is not by self-service methods,
(d) if the product is not a horse wormer the supply is to a person who the authorisation holder knows or has reasonable cause to believe 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 part of his business activities,
(e) if the product is a horse wormer the supply is to a person who the authorisation holder knows or has reasonable cause to believe has in his charge a horse or pony and will use the product for the treatment of the animal concerned,
(f) if the product is a sheep dip of any type, not intended for export, the supply is to a person who the authorisation holder knows or has reasonable cause to believe is the holder, or the employer of or a person acting on behalf of the holder, of a Certificate of Competence, and the authorisation holder keeps a record of the Certificate number for three years from the date of supply,
(g) if the product is an organophosphorus sheep dip, not intended for export, the supply is effected together with the provision to the recipient of—
(i) a double side laminated notice meeting the specification set out in the Schedule to this Order (unless the notice has been provided to the recipient within the previous twelve months and the authorisation holder knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the recipient still has it available for use), and
(ii) two pairs of gloves either as described in the notice or providing demonstrably superior protection to the proposed user against exposure to the dip than would be provided by gloves as so described, and
(h) the authorisation holder complies with the requirements as to records specified in article 8;
and in this paragraph “premises” includes a stall of a permanent nature at a market or agricultural showground.”.
(4) In article 8(1) (records) after the word “applies” then shall be inserted the words “and which are intended for administration to animals whose flesh or products are intended for human consumption”.
(5) At the end of the Order there shall be added the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Hayman
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
20th September 2000Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Minister of State,
Department of Health
29th September 2000Bairbre de Brún
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
25th September 2000Brid Rodgers
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
25th September 2000
SCHEDULE
Article 2 (5)
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SCHEDULE
Articles 6 (3) and 7 (2)
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The notice shall be at least 29.8cm x 21cm with a laminated transparent cover, coloured and printed to scale on front and back substantially (subject to paragraph 2 below) in accordance with the following two diagrams:
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The notice may be in Welsh when provided in Wales.”