Amendment of regulation 6

4.  In regulation 6 (general authority to supply and possess)—

(a)in paragraph (2)(1) after “a supplementary prescriber” insert “, a paramedic independent prescriber, a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber”.

(b)after paragraph (2) insert—

(2A) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(1)(b) of the Act, a person who is in possession of a drug specified in Schedule 5 and who has been supplied that drug by a registered chiropodist or registered podiatrist, may supply that drug to any doctor, dentist or pharmacist for the purpose of destruction..

(1)

Regulation 6(2) was amended by S.I. 2003/2429, 2004/1771, 2005/271, 2012/973 and 2015/891.