UK Statutory Instrument SI 2024/567 United Kingdom

The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024

These Regulations amend the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2033, “the 2013 Regulations”) in respect of Great Britain only.

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 1 of 23 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 1 carries different penalties and 21 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person8 Manufacturer7 Applicant4 Operator1 Trader1 Farmer or Animal Keeper1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Manufacturer — also bound by 502 other Acts
Applicant — also bound by 307 other Acts
Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties
Farmer or Animal Keeper — also bound by 80 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.014 Amendment to regulation 23 Regulated
  • Keep transaction records for POM-V, POM-VPS and cascade veterinary medicinesAny Person
s.015 New regulation 24A Regulated
  • Provide antibiotic sales and usage information when the Secretary of State asksAny Person
s.025 Amendment to regulation 44 Prosecution
  • Commit an offence under the Veterinary Medicines RegulationsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.032 Amendment to paragraph 8 Regulated
  • Provide scientific justification for combination active substances in veterinary medicine applicationsApplicant
s.034 New paragraph 10A Regulated
  • Provide study results when bioequivalence cannot be demonstratedApplicant
s.051 Amendment to paragraph 31 Regulated
  • Notify the Secretary of State of veterinary medicine shortagesAny Person
s.054 New paragraph 33A Regulated
  • Submit electronic variation applications for marketing authorisationsApplicant
s.068 Amendment to paragraph 56 and new paragraphs 56A, 56B and 56C Regulated
  • Operate a pharmacovigilance system for your veterinary medicine productsManufacturer
s.077 Amendment to paragraph 65 Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must complete homeopathic remedy registration within 210 daysCrown / Minister / Government department
s.084 New paragraph 4A Regulated
  • Notify and apply for variation before altering premises or key personnelManufacturer
s.086 Amendment to paragraph 6 Regulated
  • Verify manufacturer's GMP certificate before importing veterinary medicinesManufacturer
s.087 Amendment to paragraph 8 Regulated
  • Comply with manufacturing, quality and notification duties for veterinary medicinesManufacturer
s.088 New paragraphs 8A and 8B Regulated
  • Operate a pharmaceutical quality system and manage recallsManufacturer
s.092 Amendment to Parts 2 to 5 Regulated
  • Get authorisation before manufacturing vet medicines or handling animal blood/stem cellsApplicant
s.102 Amendment to paragraph 7 Regulated
  • Prescribe antimicrobials only for the shortest period neededAny Person
s.113 New paragraph 19A Regulated
  • Notify Secretary of State and apply for variation before material changes to wholesale authorisationAny Person
s.116 New paragraphs 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E and 21F Regulated
  • Meet wholesale veterinary supply, recall, audit and self-inspection dutiesTrader
s.121 Amendment to paragraph 2 Regulated
  • Set withdrawal periods ensuring residue limits are not exceededManufacturer
s.125 New paragraph 9A Regulated
  • Do not promote or facilitate unauthorised cascade useAny Person
s.130 Amendment to paragraph 7 Regulated
  • Mix medicinal premix evenly and homogeneously into feedingstuffsManufacturer
s.144 New paragraph 22A Regulated
  • Manage feed cross-contamination and keep accurate recordsOperator
s.148 Amendment to paragraph 26 Regulated
  • Store and use veterinary medicines safely and observe withdrawal periodsFarmer or Animal Keeper
s.160 New paragraph 10 Regulated
  • Fail to comply with specified veterinary medicines dutiesAny Person
186 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and extent
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Introduction
s.004 Amendment to regulation 2
s.005 Amendment to regulation 5
s.006 Amendment to regulation 7
s.007 Amendment to regulation 10
s.008 New regulation 10A
s.009 Amendment to regulation 11
s.010 Amendment to regulation 15
s.011 Amendment to regulation 18
s.012 Amendment to regulation 21
s.013 Amendment to regulation 22
s.016 Amendment to regulation 25
s.017 Amendment to regulation 30
s.018 Amendment to regulation 31
s.019 Amendment to regulation 32
s.020 Amendment to regulation 34
s.021 Amendment to regulation 35
s.022 Amendment to regulation 38
s.023 Amendment to regulation 41
s.024 Amendment to regulation 43
s.026 Amendment to regulation 46
s.027 Introduction
s.028 Amendment to paragraph 2
s.029 Amendment to paragraph 3
s.030 Amendment to paragraph 5
s.031 Amendment to paragraph 7
s.033 Amendment to paragraph 10
s.035 Amendment to paragraph 11
s.036 Amendment to paragraph 12
s.037 New paragraph 12A
s.038 Amendment to paragraph 13
s.039 Amendment to paragraph 14
s.040 Amendment to paragraph 15
s.041 Amendment to paragraph 17
s.042 Amendment to paragraph 18
s.043 Amendment to paragraph 22
s.044 New paragraph 22A
s.045 Amendment to paragraph 24
s.046 Amendment to paragraph 25
s.047 Amendment to paragraph 26
s.048 Amendment to paragraph 27
s.049 Amendment to paragraph 28
s.050 Amendment to paragraph 30
s.052 Amendment to paragraph 32
s.053 Amendment to paragraph 33
s.055 Amendment to paragraph 34
s.056 Amendment to paragraph 35
s.057 Amendment to paragraph 38
s.058 Amendment to paragraph 39
s.059 Amendment to paragraph 41
s.060 New paragraphs 41A and 41B
s.061 Amendment to paragraph 48
s.062 Amendment to paragraph 49
s.063 Amendment to paragraph 50
s.064 Amendment to paragraph 51
s.065 Amendment to paragraph 52
s.066 Amendment to paragraph 53
s.067 Amendment to paragraph 55
s.069 Amendment to paragraph 57
s.070 Amendment to paragraph 58
s.071 Amendment to paragraph 59
s.072 Amendment to paragraph 60
s.073 New paragraphs 60A and 60B
s.074 Amendment to paragraph 61
s.075 Amendment to paragraph 63
s.076 Amendment to paragraph 64
s.078 Amendment to paragraph 68
s.079 Introduction
s.080 Amendment to paragraph 1
s.081 Amendment to paragraph 2
s.082 Amendment to paragraph 3
s.083 Amendment to paragraph 4
s.085 Amendment to paragraph 5
s.089 Amendment to paragraph 9
s.090 Amendment to paragraph 10
s.091 Amendment to paragraph 13
s.093 New Part 2A and Part 2B
s.094 Introduction
s.095 Amendment to paragraph 1
s.096 Amendment to paragraph 2
s.097 Amendment to paragraph 3
s.098 New paragraphs 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D and 3E
s.099 Amendment to paragraph 4
s.100 Amendment to paragraph 5
s.101 Amendment to paragraph 6
s.103 New paragraph 7A
s.104 Amendment to paragraph 10
s.105 Amendment to paragraph 11
s.106 Amendment to paragraph 13
s.107 Amendment to paragraph 14
s.108 Amendment to paragraph 15
s.109 Amendment to paragraph 16
s.110 Amendment to paragraph 17
s.111 Amendment to paragraph 18
s.112 Amendment to paragraph 19
s.114 Amendment to paragraph 20
s.115 Amendment to paragraph 21
s.117 Amendment to paragraph 23
s.118 Amendment to paragraph 24
s.119 Introduction
s.120 Amendment to paragraph 1
s.122 Amendment to paragraph 4
s.123 New paragraph 6A
s.124 Amendment to paragraph 9
s.126 Amendment to paragraph 10
s.127 Introduction
s.128 Amendment to paragraph 1
s.129 Amendment to paragraph 3
s.131 Amendment to paragraph 8
s.132 Amendment to paragraph 10
s.133 Amendment to paragraph 11
s.134 Amendment to paragraph 12
s.135 Amendment to paragraph 14
s.136 Amendment to paragraph 15
s.137 Amendment to paragraph 16
s.138 Amendment to paragraph 17
s.139 Amendment to paragraph 18
s.140 Amendment to paragraph 19
s.141 Amendment to paragraph 20
s.142 Amendment to paragraph 21
s.143 Amendment to paragraph 22
s.145 Amendment to paragraph 23
s.146 Amendment to paragraph 24
s.147 Amendment to paragraph 25
s.149 New paragraph 26A
s.150 Amendment to paragraph 28
s.151 Amendment to paragraph 29
s.152 Amendment to paragraph 30
s.153 Amendment to paragraph 31
s.154 Introduction
s.155 Amendment to paragraph 2
s.156 Amendment to paragraph 3
s.157 New paragraphs 3A and 3B
s.158 Amendment to paragraph 4
s.159 Amendment to paragraph 9
s.161 Introduction
s.162 Amendment to paragraph 1
s.163 Amendment to paragraph 4
s.164 Amendment to paragraph 7
s.165 New paragraph 7A
s.166 Amendment to paragraph 9
s.167 Amendment to paragraph 11
s.168 Amendment to paragraph 13
s.169 Amendment to paragraph 15
s.170 New paragraph 15A
s.171 Amendment to paragraph 17
s.172 Amendment to paragraph 18
s.173 Amendment to paragraph 22
s.174 Amendment to paragraph 25
s.175 Amendment to paragraph 28
s.176 Amendment to paragraph 29
s.177 Amendment to paragraph 30
s.178 New paragraphs 30A and 30B
s.179 Amendment to paragraph 31
s.180 Amendment to paragraph 33
s.181 Amendment to paragraph 34
s.182 Amendment to paragraph 35
s.183 Amendment to paragraph 36
s.184 Amendment to paragraph 37
s.185 Amendment to paragraph 38
s.186 Amendment to paragraph 39
s.187 Amendment to paragraph 40
s.188 Amendment to paragraph 41
s.189 Amendment to paragraph 42
s.190 Amendment to paragraph 43
s.191 Amendment to paragraph 44
s.192 Amendment to paragraph 46
s.193 Amendment to paragraph 48
s.194 Amendment to paragraph 53
s.195 New paragraph 54A
s.196 Amendment to paragraph 57
s.197 New paragraphs 57A and 57B
s.198 Amendment to paragraph 60
s.199 Amendment to paragraph 61
s.200 Labelling
s.201 Advertising
s.202 Wholesale supply of veterinary medicinal products by marketing authorisation holders
s.203 Recording of reasons for prescriptions
s.204 Prescription requirements
s.205 Feedingstuffs labelling requirements
s.206 Medicated feedingstuffs prescription requirements
s.207 Sampling for tolerances
s.208 Sampling for cross-contamination
s.209 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008

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