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The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2011

Drugs use and abuse

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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2011-07-04

DANGEROUS DRUGS, ENGLAND AND WALES

DANGEROUS DRUGS, SCOTLAND

These Regulations amend regulation 4B of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (the “2001 Regulations”) by including within the reference to 1,4-butanediol in regulation 4B any substance which is an ester or ether or both an ester and an ether of 1,4-butanediol, and by removing from the references to gamma–butyrolactone and 1,4-butanediol any stereoisomeric form of gamma–butyrolactone and 1,4-butanediol respectively. Regulation 4B was inserted into the 2001 Regulations by regulation 3 of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2009, and makes it lawful to import, export, produce, supply, offer to supply or possess gamma‑butyrolactone and 1,4‑butanediol except where a person does so, knowing or believing that it will be used for the purpose of human ingestion other than as a flavouring in food.