The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment No.2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2012

Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 1310

Dangerous Drugs, England And Wales

Dangerous Drugs, Scotland

The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment No.2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2012

Made

16th May 2012

Laid before Parliament

21st May 2012

Coming into force

13th June 2012

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(4) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971(1) and after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in accordance with section 7(7) of that Act, makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment No.2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 13^th June 2012.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

Amendment to the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order 2001

2.  In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order 2001(2) after paragraph 1(r), insert—

“(s) Any compound (not being pipradrol) structurally derived from piperidine, pyrrolidine, azepane, morpholine or pyridine by substitution at a ring carbon atom with a diphenylmethyl group, whether or not the compound is further modified in any of the following ways, that is to say,

(i) by substitution in any of the phenyl rings to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl or halide groups;

(ii) by substitution at the methyl carbon atom with an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or hydroxy group;

(iii) by substitution at the ring nitrogen atom with an alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl or hydroxyalkyl group.”.

Lord Henley

Minister of State

Home Office

16th May 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 7(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 requires regulations to be made to allow the use for medical purposes of the drugs which are subject to control under that Act. Section 7(3) does not apply to any drug designated by order under section 7(4) as a drug to which section 7(4) is to apply. This Order amends the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order 2001 by inserting into Part 1 of the Schedule to that Order desoxypipradrol and other pipradrol‑related compounds.

(1)

1971 c. 38.

(2)

S.I. 2001/3997 as amended by S.I. 2005/1652, S.I. 2009/3135, S.I. 2010/1143, S.I. 2010/1800, S.I. 2011/447, and S.I. 2012/276 which was not published and was revoked by S.I. 2012/384.