(3) The substances referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) above are— (b) diamorphine, its salts and any preparation or other product containing 5. These Regulations and, in relation only to the requirements of these 6. (1) The Dangerous Drugs (Notification of Addicts) Regulations 1968(b) (2) For the purposes of paragraph 2(b) of Regulation 3 of these Regulations, (3) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (1) of this Regulation, any Robert Carr, One of Her Majesty's Principal Home Office, Whitehall. 19th April 1973. Regulation 2(1). SCHEDULE CONTROLLED DRUGS TO WHICH THESE Regulations apply 1. The following substances and products, namely: — 2. Any stereoisomeric form of a substance specified in paragraph 1 above, not (a) S.I. 1973/797. (b) S.I. 1968/136 (1968 I, p. 375). (c) S.I. 1968/416 (1968 I, p. 1093). 3. Any ester or ether of a substance specified in paragraph 1 or 2 above not 4. Any salt of a substance specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 3 above. 5. Any preparation or other product containing a substance or product specified EXPLANATORY NOTE (This Note is not part of the Regulations.) These Regulations, made under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, consolidate The Regulations require doctors to send to the Chief Medical Officer at the treatment. Regulation 5 extends the provisions of the Regulations, together with the Printed in England by McCorquodale Printers Ltd., and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office 17/P12554/1 M03 K96 7/74 Reprinted 1974 5p net ISBN 0 11 030799 2 EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1971 4. Exceptions for drugs in Schedule 1 and poppy-straw. 5. Licences to produce etc. controlled drugs. 6. General authority to possess. 7. Administration of drugs in Schedules 1, 2 and 3. 8. Production and supply of drugs in Schedules 1 and 2. 9. Production and supply of drugs in Schedule 3. 10. Possession of drugs in Schedules 2 and 3. 11. Exemption for midwives in respect of pethidine. 12. Cultivation under licence of Cannabis plant. 13. Approval of premises for cannabis smoking for research purposes. PART III REQUIREMENTS AS TO DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD KEEPING 14. Documents to be obtained by supplier of controlled drugs. 15. Form of prescriptions. 16. Provisions as to supply on prescription. 17. Exemption for certain prescriptions. 20. Requirements as to registers. 21. Record-keeping requirements in particular cases. 22. Preservation of registers, books and other documents. 23. Preservation of records relating to drugs in Schedule 1. PART IV MISCELLANEOUS 24. Destruction of controlled drugs. 25. Transitional provisions. SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1-Controlled drugs excepted from the prohibition on importation, exportation and possession and subject to the requirements of Regulation 23. SCHEDULE 2-Controlled drugs subject to the requirements of Regulations 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 24. SCHEDULE 3-Controlled drugs subject to the requirements of Regulations 14, 15, 16 and 18. SCHEDULE 4-Controlled drugs subject to the requirements of Regulations 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 24. SCHEDULE 5-Form of register. In pursuance of sections 7, 10, 22(a) and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971(a), after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, I hereby make the following Regulations: PART I GENERAL Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1973. (a) 1971 c. 38. Interpretation 2. (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression "the Act" means the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; "authorised as a member of a group" means authorised by virtue of being a member of a class as respects which the Secretary of State has granted an authority under and for the purposes of Regulations 8(3), 9(3) or 10(3) which is in force, and "his group authority", in relation to a person who is a member of such a class, means the authority so granted to that class; "health prescription" means a prescription issued by a doctor or a dentist either under the National Health Service Act 1946(a), the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947(b), the Health Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1971(c) or the National Health Service (Isle of Man) Act 1948 (an Act of Tynwald) or upon a form issued by a local authority for use in connection with the health service of that authority; "installation manager" and "offshore installation" have the same meanings as in the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971(d); "master" has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1894(e); "matron or acting matron" includes any male nurse occupying a similar position; "the Merchant Shipping Acts" means the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1971; "officer of customs and excise" means an officer within the meaning of the Customs and Excise Act 1952(f); "prescription" means a prescription issued by a doctor for the medical treatment of a single individual, by a dentist for the dental treatment of a single individual or by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner for the purposes of animal treatment; "register" means a bound book and does not include any form of loose leaf register or card index; "registered pharmacy" has the same meaning as in the Medicines Act 1968(g); "retail dealer" means a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business or a pharmacist engaged in supplying drugs to the public at a health centre within the meaning of the Medicines Act 1968; "sister or acting sister" includes any male nurse occupying a similar position; "wholesale dealer" means a person who carries on the business of selling drugs to persons who buy to sell again. (2) In these Regulations any reference to a Regulation or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to a Regulation contained in these Regulations or, as the case may be, to a Schedule thereto; and any reference in a Regulation or Schedule to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph of that Regulation or Schedule. |