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Medicines (Vaccination Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 2779 of 2004).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Pests/diseases Drugs Vaccination Animal health
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
These Regulations come into force on 1 December 2004.
Abstract

This Order is made under the Medicines Act 1968 and applies to all of the United Kingdom. It exempts specified government officers and other persons (such as contractors and volunteers and their employees) from the general restrictions of the Medicines Act 1968 as to the supply of pharmacy only and prescription only medicines. The exemption applies only when they supply foot-and-mouth vaccine as part of the government's response to an outbreak in the United Kingdom of foot-and-mouth disease, or to the risk of an outbreak occurring in the United Kingdom in the circumstances envisaged by Article 50.1(b) of Council Directive 2003/85/EC, which covers risk of the disease spreading to the United Kingdom from another Member State owing to its geographical situation or the prevailing meteorological conditions. The exemption also applies in the same limited circumstances to lay vaccinators, that is, persons covered by the Veterinary Surgery (Vaccination against Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Order 2004.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Directive 2003/85/EC on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC.

Legislation | European Union | 2003

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Meat, Milk/dairy products, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Cattle, Equine-animals, Swine, Disinfection/disinfestation, Early warning system, Quarantine, Vaccination

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 2745 of 2005).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2005

Keyword: Animal health, Drugs, Classification/declassification, Inspection, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX