Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2568

The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) (Amendment) Order 1991

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1991 No. 2568

MEDICINES

The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) (Amendment) Order 1991

The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Scotland and in Wales, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 58(1) and (4), 59 and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968^[1] and now vested in them^[2], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the following Order in accordance with section 129(6) of that Act, and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Veterinary Products Committee in accordance with sections 58(6) and 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order.

Title, commencement and interpretation
    1.    -

    (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^[3].

Amendment of the principal Order
    2.    -

    (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-
    "6.    -
    (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 1991

Strathclyde

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

6th November 1991

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

12th November 1991
In 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

This Order amends the Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1991 so as to correct minor drafting errors in articles 6 and 10. In addition, three substances are added to Schedule 1 (descriptions and classes of prescription only medicines).

[1] 1968 c. 67; "the appropriate Ministers" referred to in sections 58 and 59 is defined in section 1 (see also the following footnote). back

[2] In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in Wales by virtue of S.I. 1969/388, in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272 and in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments by virtue of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), section 40 and Schedule 5, and the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28), section 1 and Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1)(b). back

[3] S.I. 1991/1392. back