2010 No. 1144
The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2010
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 10, 22 and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 19711.
In accordance with section 31(3) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 16th April 2010.
2
In these Regulations “the 2001 Regulations” means the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 20012.
3
These Regulations extend to England, Wales and Scotland.
Amendment to the 2001 Regulations
2
The 2001 Regulations shall be amended as follows.
3
In Schedule 1 (which specifies controlled drugs subject to the requirements of regulations 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26 and 27)—
a
in paragraph 1(a), after “methcathinone”, insert—
4–methylmethcathinone
b
after paragraph 1(l), insert—
m
Any compound (not being bupropion, diethylpropion, pyrovalerone or a compound for the time being specified in sub–paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from 2–amino–1–phenyl–1–propanone by modification in any of the following ways, that is to say—
i
by substitution in the phenyl ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy, haloalkyl or halide substituents, whether or not further substituted in the phenyl ring by one or more other univalent substituents;
ii
by substitution at the 3–position with an alkyl substituent;
iii
by substitution at the nitrogen atom with alkyl or dialkyl groups, or by inclusion of the nitrogen atom in a cyclic structure.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)