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General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022
From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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Objectives of Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feeds and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022
1. Provide the Minister with powers to make Regulations on areas of the EU Regulations that may be determined by national law.
2. Provide for the introduction of a National Veterinary Prescription System (NVPS).
3. Repeal the Animal Remedies Act 1993 and modernise the legislation that governs the veterinary medicine area.
4. To amend the Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act 1955 by inserting new registration requirements and related provisions into that Act to enable the Minister capture and process information on the manufacture, import, sale, supply and use of fertiliser in the State.
5. To provide for the introduction of a National Fertiliser Database.
The Bill provides for the making of regulations on the retailing of veterinary medicinal products including sales on the internet which are a matter for national law and will be regulated for in secondary legislation in accordance with the provisions of this Bill.
This Bill provides for the making of regulations on the licencing of the importation of certain veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed in circumstances permitted under EU law.
The Bill provides for the making of regulations on the possession, administration and storage of veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed and the enforcement powers of authorised officers.
The Bill also provides for the repeal of the Animal Remedies Act 1993.
The Bill provides for the creation of a national database, a digital online system which will facilitate the recording of veterinary prescriptions by veterinarians and the dispensing of the veterinary medicinal product/medicated feed by a registered dispensing outlet, Co-Op, Licenced Merchant, Pharmacy or Feed Mill.
The Bill, when enacted, will enable the Minister to capture and process information on the import, manufacture, sale, supply and use of fertiliser in the State. It will enable data related to fertilisers and lime to be collected from the point of import into the country until sale to end user. It will provide for the establishment of a National Fertiliser Database which will encompass the registration of fertiliser economic operators and end users.
