Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986

3.—(1) The Misuse of Drugs (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions.

(2) In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1, there shall be inserted—

(a) after the word “Eticyclidine”, the word “Etryptamine”; and

(b) after the word “Mescaline”, the word “Methcathinone”.

(3) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, after the word “Trimeperidine”, there shall be inserted the word “Zipeprol”.

(4) In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 3, after the word “Ethinamate”, there shall be inserted the word “Flunitrazepam”.

(5) In paragraph 1 of Part II of Schedule 4(2), the word “Flunitrazepam” shall be deleted and there shall be inserted—

(a) after the word “Alprazolam”, the word “Aminorex”;

(b) after the word “Bromazepam”, the word “Brotizolam”; and

(c) after the word “Mefenorex”(3), the word “Mesocarb”.

(1)

S.R. 1986 No. 52; as amended by S.R. 1987 No. 68, S.R. 1988 No. 206, S.R. 1989 No. 346, S.R. 1991 No. 1, S.R. 1995 No. 305, S.R. 1995 No. 480 and S.R. 1996 No. 353

(2)

The substances in Schedule 4 prior to 1st September 1996 were assigned to Schedule 4 Part II by S.R. 1996 No. 353

(3)

“Mefenorex” was inserted by S.R. 1987 No. 68