Guidance and regulation

This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 20 May 2024

From 1 August 2024, it will be an offence to keep an XL Bully dog in Scotland unless you have a certificate of exemption.

• From: The Scottish Government
• Updated: 1 April 2024

Apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 14 May 2024

• About the Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1, who can apply and what the grant can pay for

  1. What the grant is for You can apply for a Laying Hen Housing for Health…

• Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant specifications

  This guidance explains the required specifications for projects funded…

• How to apply for a comprehensive project as part of the Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant

  This guidance explains how to apply for funding to upgrade or replace…

• How to apply for a veranda-only project as part of the Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant

  This guidance explains how to apply for funding to add a veranda onto…

Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 5 April 2022

Apply for a licence to introduce, keep or farm non-native fish, lobsters and crayfish.

• From: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and 2 others
• Updated: 17 August 2023

How to contact the VMD for specific services or enquiries.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 22 October 2021

Registers of authorised manufacturers, wholesale dealer sites and retailers.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 4 January 2023

This enforcement policy sets out the general principles and approach taken by the VMD.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 17 May 2024

Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 29 April 2024

Guidance for enforcement authorities who use penalty notices for animal health and welfare offences.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 18 December 2023

How to submit an application, data package and responses for proposed or existing marketing authorisations.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 17 May 2024

Explanation of what Pharmacovigilance means and who is responsible. These documents must be read with the Implementation Explainer at VMD Information Hub.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 20 May 2024

Register for licences to cage-trap and mark badgers (Meles meles) for vaccinating them against bovine tuberculosis (TB) to help prevent the spread of disease.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 27 April 2023

The code provides game farmers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, required in the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 31 October 2023

How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 1 June 2023

Published standards for regulatory work 2023/24

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 18 April 2023

The VMD’s Objectives which relate to our Key Performance Indicators and activities.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 5 October 2022

How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 1 January 2024

The process for the simultaneous review of veterinary medicine submissions by New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the UK's Veterinary Medicines Directorate.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 16 February 2022