The Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) Order 1992

Further conditions for exemption under article 3

4.—(1) No veterinary drug described in article 3(1) or (3) (a) or (b) shall be sold by retail except—

(a) in the container in which it was made up for sale by the manufacturer or, as the case may be, the assembler of the drug,

(b) in a container which has not been opened since the drug was made up for sale in it, and

(c) on premises which are occupied by, and under the control of, the seller at the time of sale and which are capable of being closed so as to exclude the public, on the premises of the seller, condition (c) above shall not apply to the subsequent delivery of that drug to that person.

(2) No veterinary drug described in article 3(1) or (3) (a) or (b) shall be sold by retail by self-service methods.

(3) In respect of any sale by retail of any veterinary drug described in article 3(1) or (3) (a) or (b) the seller shall make a record of the sale containing particulars of—

(a) the date on which the veterinary drug was sold,

(b) the name, quantity and, except where it is apparent from the name, the pharmaceutical form and strength of the veterinary drug sold, and

(c) the name and address of the person to whom the veterinary drug was sold, date of the sale.

(4) No person shall, in the course of a qualifying business carried on by him, sell by retail any veterinary drug described in article 3(1) or (3) (a) or (b) unless his name is entered in the Register of Merchants as a Category 1 merchant in respect of each premises on which the drug is sold or stored.

(5) In paragraph (1) (c) above “premises” includes a stall of a permanent nature situated at a market or an agricultural showground.