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Number 21 of 2023
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VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCTS, MEDICATED FEED AND FERTILISERS REGULATION ACT 2023
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CONTENTS
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PART 1
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Preliminary
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Section
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1. Short title, collective citation and commencement (section 7)
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2. Repeals, revocation and dissolution
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3. Expenses
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PART 2
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Regulation of veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed
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Chapter 1
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Interpretation
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4. Interpretation (Part 2)
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Chapter 2
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Veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed - prescriptions and dispensing - national database
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5. Prohibitions
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6. Prescriptions and dispensing - veterinary medicinal products, etc.
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7. National database
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8. Prescriptions under Article 105 of VMP Regulation and Article 16 of Medicated Feed Regulation
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Chapter 3
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Rules on retail
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9. Purpose of Chapter 3
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10. Definitions (Chapter 3)
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11. Route of retail
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12. Restriction on retail of veterinary medicinal products
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13. Labelling of veterinary medicinal products
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14. Prohibition on retail of veterinary medicinal product after expiry date
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15. Exemption from manufacturing authorisation
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16. Labelling veterinary medicinal products retailed out of their original outer packaging
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17. Restriction on use of premises
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18. Veterinary medicinal product retailer’s licence
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19. Obligations of holder of retailer’s licence
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20. Training
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21. Companion animal medicine retailers’ register
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22. Record-keeping for veterinarian, pharmacist and retailer’s licence holder
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23. Fixed premises
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24. Retail at distance
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25. Licencing of import of medicinal products in relation to their use under Articles 110 to 114 or 116 of VMP Regulation
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26. Regulations - rules on retail
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Chapter 4
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Control of possession and administration of veterinary medicinal products or medicated feed
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27. Prohibition on possession of veterinary medicinal products or medicated feed
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28. Administration of veterinary medicinal products or medicated feed
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Chapter 5
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Storage, advertising and licensing certain veterinary medicinal products, etc.
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29. Regulations - secure storage, etc. of veterinary medicinal products
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30. Advertising of veterinary medicinal products or medicated feed
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31. Licence required for certain activities
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Chapter 6
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Matters under national law mentioned in VMP Regulation or Medicated Feed Regulation
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32. Regulations - additional to VMP Regulation and Medicated Feed Regulation
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Chapter 7
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Administrative - Regulations and licences
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33. Regulations - Part 2
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34. Licences generally - Part 2
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Chapter 8
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Enforcement
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35. Authorised officers
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36. Search warrant
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37. Search of suspects and stopping of vehicles
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38. Power of arrest
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39. Saving for certain power
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40. Obstruction
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41. Compliance notice
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42. Appeal against compliance notice
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43. Seizure and detention for non-compliance with compliance notice
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44. Impersonation of authorised officer, etc. and possession of certain identity documents
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45. Evidence of class of veterinary medicinal product to which contravention relates
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46. Disposal of things seized
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47. Evidence on certificate, etc.
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48. Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
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49. Service of notices and notifications
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50. Disqualification from keeping animals, veterinary medicinal products, or medicated feed, etc.
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51. Forfeiture of animal, veterinary medicinal product, etc.
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52. Recoupment of costs of certain disposals
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53. Forgery
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54. Summary proceedings
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55. Fixed payment notice
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56. Composite identity cards
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PART 3
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Amendment of Fertilisers Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act 1955
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57. Definition (Part 3)
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58. Amendment of definitions in Act of 1955
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59. Fertiliser and compound feeding stuff exceptions
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60. Licences under section 5 of Act of 1955
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61. Fertiliser registers and sales data
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62. Authorised officers - Act of 1955
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63. Prosecution of offences - Act of 1955
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64. Penalties - Act of 1955
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SCHEDULE
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Part 1
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Routes of Retail
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Part 2
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Symbols denoting Route of Retail
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Acts Referred to
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Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013
(No. 15)
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Animal Remedies Act 1993
(No. 23)
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Companies Act 2014
(No. 38)
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European Communities Act 1972
(No. 27)
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Fertilisers Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act 1955
(No. 8)
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Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016
(No. 2)
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Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893
(56 & 57 Vict., c. 39)
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Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006
(No. 3)
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Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851
(14 & 15 Vict., c. 93)
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Pharmacy Act 2007
(No. 20)
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Road Traffic Act 1961
(No. 24)
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Veterinary Practice Act 2005
(No. 22)
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Number 21 of 2023
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VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCTS, MEDICATED FEED AND FERTILISERS REGULATION ACT 2023
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An Act to make provision for the regulation of veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed; to provide for the establishment of a national database to record veterinary prescriptions; to repeal the
Animal Remedies Act 1993
; to amend and extend the
Fertilisers Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act 1955
; and to provide for connected matters.
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[11th July, 2023]
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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