Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023
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PART 2 Regulation of veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed | ||
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Chapter 1 Interpretation | ||
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Interpretation (Part 2) | ||
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4. (1) In this Part— | ||
“Act of 2005” means the Veterinary Practice Act 2005 ; | ||
“Act of 2007” means the Pharmacy Act 2007 ; | ||
“animal” means a member of the kingdom animale other than a human being; | ||
“authorised officer” means a person appointed or deemed to be appointed as an authorised officer under section 35 ; | ||
“carcase” includes part of a carcase, whether edible or not, including blood and offal; | ||
“companion animal” means— | ||
(a) a dog or cat kept for domestic purposes only, | ||
(b) a rabbit not kept for human consumption, small rodent, cage bird or homing pigeon kept for domestic purposes, or | ||
(c) a terrarium animal or an aquarium fish kept for domestic purposes; | ||
“document” includes any book and any other record, whether legible or in a machine readable form; | ||
“export” means export from the State to another Member State or a third country; | ||
“functions” includes powers and duties; | ||
“import” means import into the State from another Member State or a third country; | ||
“medicated feed” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3(2)(a) of the Medicated Feed Regulation; | ||
“Medicated Feed Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20181 ; | ||
“Minister” means Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine; | ||
“national database” means the database established and maintained by the Minister under section 7 (1); | ||
“pharmacist” means a person registered as a pharmacist in the pharmacists’ register under section 14 of the Act of 2007; | ||
“sale” includes offer, expose or keep for sale, invite or offer to buy, or distribute for reward and cognate words shall be construed accordingly; | ||
“supply” includes giving without payment; | ||
“veterinarian” means a veterinary practitioner registered under Part 4 of the Act of 2005; | ||
“veterinary medicinal product” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 4(1) of the VMP Regulation; | ||
“VMP Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20182 . | ||
(2) A word or expression that is used in this Part and is also used in the VMP Regulation or the Medicated Feed Regulation has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in this Part as it has in the VMP Regulation or the Medicated Feed Regulation. | ||
(3) References, after the passing of this Act, in any enactment or instrument made under an enactment to an animal remedy (within the meaning of the Animal Remedies Act 1993 ) shall be read as references to a veterinary medicinal product. | ||