Explanatory note

This Order adds to Table I of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (which specifies certain substances, useful for the manufacture of controlled drugs, which are controlled under Part II of the Act) N-acetylanthranilic acid, isosafrole, 3, 4-methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone, piperonal and safrole. It also adds to Table II of that Schedule hydrochloric acid, excluding its salts, methyl ethyl ketone (also referred to as 2-Butanone or M.E.K.), potassium permanganate, sulphuric acid, excluding its salts, and toluene. The amendments reflect the addition of these substances to the Annex to the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 1988 (“the Vienna Convention”) under Article 12 of that Convention.