The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005

Supply of sheep dip

11.—(1) If the veterinary medicinal product is a sheep dip of any type the provisions of this paragraph apply, and it is an offence to supply the product by retail other than in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) The supply must be to a person who holds a Certificate of Competence in the Safe Use of Sheep Dips issued by the National Proficiency Tests Council, or by that Council and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, showing that Parts 1 and 2 of the assessment referred to in the Certificate have been satisfactorily completed; or to a person acting on behalf of such a person.

(3) The supplier must make a record of the Certificate number as soon as is reasonably practicable, and keep it for at least three years.

(4) If the active ingredient of the veterinary medicinal product is an organophosphorus compound, the supplier must give to the buyer—

(a) a double sided laminated notice meeting the specification set out in the following sub-paragraph (unless the notice has been provided to the buyer within the previous twelve months and the supplier knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the buyer still has it available for use), and

(b) two pairs of gloves either as described in the notice or providing demonstrably superior protection to the proposed user against exposure to the dip than would be provided by gloves as so described.

(5) The notice shall be at least A4 size with a laminated transparent cover, coloured and printed to scale on front and back substantially in accordance with the following two diagrams, except that in Wales it may be in Welsh as well as in English—

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