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

PART I

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Persons exempted	Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies	Conditions
1.  Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to universities, other institutions concerned with higher education or institutions concerned with research.	1.  All prescription only medicines.	1.  The sale or supply shall be:– (a) subject to the presentation of an order signed by the principal of the institution concerned with education or research or the appropriate head of department in charge of a specified course of research stating– (i) the name of the institution for which the prescription only medicine is required, (ii) the purpose for which the prescription only medicine is required, and (iii) the total quantity required, and (b) for the purposes of the education or research with which the institution is concerned.
2.  Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to any of the following– (1) a public analyst appointed under section 27 of the Food Safety Act 1990(1) or article 27(1) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(2), (2) an authorised officer of a food authority within the meaning of the Food Safety Act 1990 or an authorised officer within the meaning of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, (3) an agricultural analyst appointed under section 67 of the Agriculture Act 1970(3), (4) a person duly authorised by an enforcement authority under sections 111 and 112, or (5) a sampling officer within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the Act.	2.  All prescription only medicines.	2.  The sale or supply shall be subject to the presentation of an order signed by or on behalf of any person listed in sub-paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) of column 1 of this paragraph stating the status of the person signing it and the amount of the prescription only medicine required, and shall be only in connection with the exercise by those persons of their statutory functions.
3.  Persons lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business within the meaning of section 69.	3.  – (1) Any veterinary drug such as is described in Article 3(1) of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order, which, if or when for parenteral administration is a prescription only medicine. (2) Prescription only medicines which are not for parenteral administration and which (a) are eye drops or eye ointments and are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain: (i) Mafenide propionate (ii) not more than 30.0 per cent w/v or w/w Sulphacetamide Sodium, or (iii) Sulphafurazole diethanolamine equivalent to not more than 4.0 per cent w/w Sulphafurazole, or (b) are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain any of the following substances: Atropine sulphate Bethanecol chloride Carbachol Cyclopentolate Hydrochloride Homatropine Hydrobromide Hyoscine Hydrobromide Naphazoline Hydrochloride Naphazoline nitrate Neostigmine methylsulphate Physostigmine salicylate Physostigmine sulphate Pilocarpine Hydrochloride Pilocarpine nitrate Tropicamide	3.  In the case of the veterinary drugs, the sale or supply shall be subject to the conditions specified in Articles 3(2) and 4(3) of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order.
4.  Persons the sale or supply by whom is exempted by Article 3 of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order from the restrictions imposed by section 52.	4.  Any veterinary drug such as is described in Article 3(1) of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order which, if or when for parenteral administration, is a prescription only medicine.	4.  The sale or supply shall be subject to the conditions specified in Article 3 of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order.
5.  Persons the sale or supply by whom is exempted by Article 6 or 9 of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order from the restrictions imposed by section 52.	5.  Any veterinary drug such as is described in Article 6 or 9 of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order which is a prescription only medicine.	5.  The sale or supply shall be subject to— (a) the presentation of an order signed by or on behalf of the purchaser stating— (i) the name and address of the purchaser, (ii) the name and address of the purchaser’s business and (iii) the amount of the veterinary drug required, and (b) the conditions specified in Article 6 or 9 of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order.
6.  Persons providing a poultry vaccination service.	6.  Any veterinary drug such as is described in Article 3(1) of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order which is a poultry vaccine and which, if or when for parenteral administration, is a prescription only medicine.	6.  The sale or supply shall be only to a person who has charge of animals for the purpose of and in the course of carrying on a business, either as his sole business activity or as a substantial part of his business activities.
7.  Person selling or supplying prescription only medicines to the persons referred to in paragraph 6.	7.  The veterinary drugs referred to in paragraph 6.	7.  The sale or supply shall be subject to the presentation of an order signed by the purchaser stating the amount of the prescription only medicine required.
8.  Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to veterinary surgeons and veterinary practitioners.	8.  All prescription only medicines.	8.  No conditions.
9.  Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to the British Standards Institution.	9.  All prescription only medicines.	9.  The sale or supply shall be– (a) subject to the presentation of an order signed on behalf of the British Standards Institution stating the status of the person signing it and the amount of the prescription only medicine required, and (b) only for the purpose of testing containers of medicinal products or determining the standards for such containers.
10.  Holders of product licences and holders of manufacturer’s licences.	10.  Prescription only medicines referred to in the licences.	10.  the sale or supply shall be only– (a) to a pharmacist, (b) so as to enable that pharmacist to prepare an entry relating to the prescription only medicine in question in a tablet or capsule identification guide or similar publication, and (c) of no greater quantity than is reasonably necessary for that purpose.

(1)

1990 c. 16.

(2)

S.I. 1991 No. 762 (N.I.7).

(3)

1970 c. 40.