Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1980
The Medicines (Exemptions from Restrictions on the Retail Sale or Supply of Veterinary Drugs) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 1987
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1987 No. 1980
MEDICINES
The Medicines (Exemptions from Restrictions on the Retail Sale or Supply of Veterinary Drugs) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 1987
| Laid before Parliament | 1st December 1987 |
| Coming into force | 1st January 1988 |
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 sections 1, 57(1), (2) and (2A) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968[1] and now vested in them[2], 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 the following Order in accordance with section 129(6) of that Act and with the consent of the Treasury in accordance with section 57(2A) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:
Title, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemptions from Restrictions on the Retail Sale or Supply of Veterinary Drugs) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.
(2) In this Order "the principal Order" means the Medicines (Exemptions from Restrictions on the Retail Sale or Supply of Veterinary Drugs) Order 1985[3].
Amendment of the principal Order
2. The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with articles 3 to 6 below.
3. In article 3 (exemption for merchants in veterinary drugs) there shall be substituted- (a) in paragraph (11)(a) for the amount "£125.00" the amount "£130.00";
(b) in paragraph (11)(b) for the amount "£88.00" the amount "£91.00";
(c) in paragraph (11)(c) for the amount "£145.00" the amount "£150.00".
4. In article 5 (exemptions for merchants in horse wormers)- (a) in paragraph (1) the words from "during the period" to "of this order" shall be omitted;
(b) in paragraph (10) there shall be substituted- (i) in sub-paragraph (a) for the amount "£30.00" the amount "£53.00";
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for the amount "£29.00" the amount "£53.00";
(iii) in sub-paragraph (c) for the amount "£60.00" the amount "£100.00".
5. For Part B of Schedule 1 (veterinary drugs sold by merchants) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
6. For Part B of Schedule 2 (veterinary drugs for incorporation in animal feeding stuffs) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
John Moore
Secretary of State for Social Services
9th November 1987
Sanderson of Bowden
Minister of State, Scottish Office
4th November 1987
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
10th November 1987
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 4th November 1987.
John MacGregor
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 19th day of November 1987.
F. A. Elliot
Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 19th day of November 1987.
J. Murray
Under Secretary
We consent,
Mark Lennox-Boyd
Peter Lloyd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
12th November 1987
Notes:[1] 1968 c. 67; section 57(2A) was inserted by the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40), section 14.
[2] In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in 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 the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), section 40 and Schedule 5, and the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28), section 1(3) and Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1)(b).
[3] S.I. 1985/1823; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1986/1997, 1987/1123.
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