Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 No. 263

Amendment of the principal Regulations

18.  For regulation 28 there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“Exception to prohibition on administration for products having oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action

28.   Administration shall be in accordance with this regulation if—

(a) in the case of farm animals other than production animals—

(i) it is carried out on a clearly identified animal for the purpose of zootechnical treatment;

(ii) 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; and

(iii) the veterinary surgeon responsible for the treatment issues a prescription for the products to be administered, whether he supplies them or not; and

(b) in the case of aquaculture animals it is—

(i) of products with androgenic action;

(ii) for sex inversion purposes; and

(iii) carried out on fish aged three months or less.”.