Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023

Licence required for certain activities

31. (1) The Minister, upon application to him or her, may permit by licence—

(a) the manufacture, import or export of autogenous vaccines,

(b) the collection storage and supply of blood, or the storage and supply of blood constituents obtained by the physical separation of donor blood into different fractions within a closed-bag system, from an animal to be used in, or administered to non-food-producing animals, with a view to restoring, correcting or modifying physiological functions by exerting a metabolic action or immunological action under the supervision or direction of the veterinarian named in the licence,

(c) the import of a medicinal product to be supplied to an educational facility or other institution concerned with education or training for the purposes of such education or training, or

(d) the import of medicated feed or intermediate products.

(2) A person who carries out an activity referred to in subsection (1) without holding a licence granted under this section to carry out the activity commits an offence and is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €300,000.