Medicines (Leaflets for Veterinary Drugs) Regulations 1983

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1983/1727

1983 No. 1727

MEDICINES

The Medicines (Leaflets for Veterinary Drugs) Regulations 1983

21stNovember 1983

30thNovember 1983

21stDecember 1983

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 86(1) of the Medicines Act 1968(a) and now vested in them(b), 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 these regulations in accordance with section 129(6) of the said Act, hereby make the following regulations:—

Title and commencement

1. These regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Leaflets for Veterinary Drugs) Regulations 1983 and shall come into operation on 21st December 1983.

Interpretation

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

"the Act" means the Medicines Act 1968;

"medicinal product" has the same meaning as in Section 130(1)(a) of the Act;

"proprietary medicinal product" and "ready-made veterinary drug" have the same meanings as in sections 7(7) and 8(4) of the Act(c);

"proprietary veterinary drug" means a veterinary drug which is a proprietary medicinal product.

(a) 1968 c. 67.

(b) In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and Wales by virtue of S.I. 1969/388, in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272 and in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments by virtue of section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) and section 1(3) of, and paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28).

(c) Sections 7(7) and 8(4) were inserted by S.I. 1979/1050 and S.R. (N.I.) 1977 No. 170 and amended by S.I. 1983/1724.

Standard requirements relating to leaflets

3. Subject to the following provisions of these regulations, all leaflets relating to proprietary veterinary drugs or ready-made veterinary drugs which are supplied, or intended to be supplied, with proprietary veterinary drugs or ready-made veterinary drugs shall contain the particulars set out in the Schedule to these regulations.

General provisions

4.—(1) All particulars contained in such a leaflet as is described in...

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