The Medicines for Human Use (Kava-kava) (Prohibition) Order 2002 No. 3170

Prohibition of sale, supply and importation of any medicinal product consisting of or containingPiper methysticum (known as Kava-kava) U.K.

2.  Subject to article 3 below, the sale, supply or importation of any medicinal product consisting of or containing—

(a) a plant M1 belonging to the speciesPiper methysticum (known as Kava-kava); or

(b) an extract from such a plant,

is prohibited.

Marginal Citations

M1 “Plant” includes part of a plant;see the definition of “plant” in section 132(1) of the Act.