1989 No. 2325
The Medicines (Exemptions from Licences) (Intermediate Medicated Feeding Stuffs) Order 1989
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
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 section 15(1) and (2) of the Medicines Act 19681 and now vested in them2, 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, hereby make the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemptions from Licences) (Intermediate Medicated Feeding Stuffs) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st January 1990.
2
In this Order–
“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;
“intermediate medicated feeding stuff” means any substance which is manufactured, sold, supplied or imported for use wholly or mainly as an ingredient in the preparation of a substance which is to be fed to one or more animals for a medicinal purpose or for purposes that include that purpose, with or without further processing.
Exemptions from licences2
1
Subject to the condition specified in paragraph (2) below, the restrictions imposed by section 7 of the Act (general provisions as to dealing with medicinal products) shall not apply to anything done in relation to an intermediate medicated feeding stuff or to an intermediate medicated feeding stuff containing one or more licensed feed additives incorporated in accordance with the conditions of the product licence.
2
The condition referred to in paragraph (1) above is that any medicinal product incorporated in that substance was so incorporated in accordance with the provisions of a product licence or an animal test certificate.
3
The restrictions imposed by section 8 of the Act (provisions as to manufacture and wholesale dealing) shall not apply to anything done in relation to an intermediate medicated feeding stuff by a person whose name is entered in Part A of the Register kept by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland under regulation 6(1) of the Medicines (Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 19893.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 7th December 1989.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 8th day of December 1989.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 8th day of December 1989.
(This note is not part of the Order)