Medicines (Labelling of Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 1973
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1973/1530 |
| Year | 1973 |
1973 No. 1530
MEDICINES
The Medicines (Labelling of Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 197329thAugust 1973
18thSeptember 1973
1stJanuary 1974
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Scotland, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, acting jointly in exercise of powers conferred by sections 85(1) 86(1) and 91(2) and (3) of the Medicines Act 1968(a) (as read with section 90(1) of that Act and the provisions of the Medicines (Feeding Stuffs Additives) Order 1973(b)) and now vested in them(c), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having taken into account the advice of the Veterinary Products Committee established by the Medicines (Veterinary Products Committee) Order 1970(d) and after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected, hereby make the following regulations:—
Citation, commencement and extent
1. These regulations, which shall be known as the Medicines (Labelling of Medicated Animal Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 1973, shall come into operation on 1st January 1974 and shall extend to the United Kingdom.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these regulations—
"active ingredient" means any chemical or other substance specified in a product licence or animal test certificate and included in a medicated feeding stuff for a medicinal purpose;
"animal feeding stuff" includes a complete feeding stuff, a feed supplement and a protein concentrate;
"complete feeding stuff" means a substance or a mixture of substances designed for feeding to animals without further mixing with other feeding stuffs;
"feed supplement" means a substance or a mixture of substances designed for further mixing before feeding to animals at an inclusion rate of less than 5% with other animal feeding stuffs;
(a) 1968 c. 67.
(b) S.I. 1973/1164 (1973 II, p. 3531).
(c) In the case of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under the provisions of section 1(1) (a) of the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 (c. 22).
(d) S.I. 1970/1304 (1970 III, p. 4335).
"medicated" when used in relation to an animal feeding stuff, feed supplement or protein concentrate, means having a medicinal product or a substance incorporated for a medicinal purpose, incorporated therein;
"protein concentrate" means a substance or a mixture of substances designed for further mixing before feeding to animals at an inclusion rate of 5% or more with other animal feeding stuffs;
"veterinary prescription" means a written prescription given by a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner;
and other expressions have the same meaning as in the Medicines Act 1968.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(a) shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Application
3. The requirements imposed by these regulations shall apply to any medicated animal feeding stuff (not being a substance in respect of which a product licence or an animal test certificate has been granted under the Medicines Act 1968) which in the course of a business is sold or supplied or is in the possession of any person for the purpose of sale or supply.
Particulars which may be required on labels or in leaflets
4. The following particulars shall be shown on any label on any container or package containing any medicated animal feeding stuff to which requirements imposed by these...
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