Title and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) (Amendment OrDer 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

Amendment

2.-(1) The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) Order 1992(5) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In article 2(1) (interpretation), there shall be inserted the following definition:

""veterinary written direction" means a written direction given by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner in accordance with regulation 7 of the Medicines (Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) (No.2) Regulations 1992(6);".

(3) In article 5 (Register of Merchants)-

(a)paragraph (7) shall be omitted, and

(b)in paragraphs (8)(a), (10) and (11) for the words "the fee specified in paragraph (7)(a) above", "the fee specified in paragraph (7)(b) above" and "the fee specified in paragraph (7)(c) above" respectively, there shall be substituted in each place the words "the appropriate fee".

(4) In article 6 (exemptions for merchants in intermediate feed), for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

"(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 placing on the market of any intermediate feed by the holder of a product licence in respect of that intermediate feed, by a specially authorised person or by a person entered in the Register of Merchants as a Category 1 or 2 merchant subject to the following conditions:

(a)the intermediate feed has been manufactured in accordance with-

(i)the Medicines (Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) (No.2) Regulations 1992, and

(ii)any undertaking given in respect of the relevant Code of Practice pursuant to regulation 3(7)(a)(ii) or 3(7)(b)(ii) of those Regulations;

(b)the intermediate feed contains only a veterinary drug specified in the second column of either Schedule 2 or Schedule 3; and

(c)the further conditions contained in paragraphs (2) and (6) below and article 7 are complied with.".

(5) In article 8 (Register of Merchants)-

(a)paragraph (7) shall be omitted, and

(b)in paragraphs (8)(a), (10) and (11) for the words "the fee specified in paragraph (7)(a) above", "the fee specified in paragraph (7)(b) above" and "the fee specified in paragraph (7)(c)above" respectively, there shall be substituted in each place the words "the appropriate fee".

(6) In article 12 (Register of Merchants)-

(a)paragraph (7) shall be omitted, and

(b)in paragraphs (8)(a), (10) and (11) for the words "the fee specified in paragraph (7)(a) above", "the fee specified in paragraph (7)(b) above" and "the fee specified in paragraph (7)(c) above" respectively, there shall be substituted in each place the words "the appropriate fee".

(7) After article 15 there shall be added the following new article-

"Fees

16. The applicant for registration, retention or restoration of his name to a register kept under this Order shall pay to the Society or the Department of Health (N.I.) (as the case may be) the fee specified in Schedule 5 in relation to that application.".

(8) For Schedules 1 to 4 there shall be substituted the Schedules numbered 1 to 4 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(9) After Schedule 4 there shall be added the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Article 2(8)

SCHEDULE 1

Article 3(1)

"SCHEDULE 1VETERINARY DRUGS(7)

Articles 3(3)(a) and (b), 6(1), (3)(a) and (b), 9(1) and (3)

SCHEDULE 2VETERINARY DRUGS (OTHER THAN PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES) FOR INCORPORATION IN ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS(9)

Articles6(1), (3)(a) and (b), (6) and 9(1), (3) and (5)

SCHEDULE 3PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES FOR INCORPORATION IN ANIMAL FEEDINGSTUFFS(11)

Article 11(1)(a)

SCHEDULE 4HORSE WORMERS(13)

Article 2(9)

SCHEDULE 2

Article 16

"SCHEDULE 5FEES

Explanatory Note

(This note does not form part of the Order)

This Order amends the Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) Order 1992 ("the original Order") so as to alter the fees payable on registration, retention of registration and restoration of registration under that Order.

The old and new fees are set out in Schedule 2 to this Amendments arc also made to Schedules 1 to 4 to the original Order to take into account Product Licences granted or withdrawn since the Order was made (these Schedules are reprinted in their entirety for ease of reference).

Consequential and other drafting amendments are also made.