3 Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
After paragraph (2) insert—

“3 Despite the provisions of section 9A(1) and (3) of the Act , a person employed or engaged in the lawful provision of drug treatment services may, when acting in that capacity, supply or offer to supply aluminium foil in the context of structured steps—
(a) to engage a patient in a drug treatment plan, or
(b) which form part of a patient’s drug treatment plan.
Section 9A was inserted by section 34(1) of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c. 32).
4 In this regulation “drug treatment plan” means a written plan, relating to the treatment of an individual patient, and agreed by the patient and the person employed in the lawful provision of drug treatment services.”