P-42 - Animal Health Protection Act

Section 55.3.2 Disposition versions

2000-11-15

55.3.2. No person shall be in possession of a medication mentioned in section 9 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act (chapter M‐8) that was obtained without a prescription from a veterinary surgeon, or be in possession of a medication whose administration is prohibited under a regulation made under subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph of section 55.9 of this Act or which is subject to a prohibition under the Food and Drug Regulations (Consolidated Regulations of Canada, chapter 870) made under the Food and Drugs Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-27), with a view to administering the medication to an animal.

In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, the possession of a medication referred to in the first paragraph in a place where animals are kept is proof that the medication is possessed with a view to administering it to an animal.

2000, c. 40, s. 23.