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3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall administer, or knowingly cause or permit to be administered, to animals, by any means whatsoever, any hormone growth promoters.
(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) above does not apply to the administration —
(a)by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner —
(i)for therapeutic treatment in the form of an injection of oestradiol-17-;β, progesterone or testosterone or those derivatives of these substances which readily yield the parent compound on hydrolysis after absorption at the site of application; or
(ii)for the termination of unwanted gestation or the improvement of fertility; or
(b)by, or under the direct responsibility of, a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner for the synchronisation of oestrus or the preparation of donors or recipients for the implantation of embryos.
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