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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-controlled-drugs-drug-precursors-amendment-and-revocation-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348279917",
  "legislation_title": "The Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-controlled-drugs-drug-precursors-amendment-and-revocation-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Community External Trade) Regulations 2008",
  "text": "(1) The Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Community External Trade) Regulations 2008 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) for the definition of “the Community Regulation” substitute—\n““the Community Regulation” means—\n(a) in respect of Northern Ireland, Council Regulation (EC) No.111/2005 dated 22nd December 2004 as it has effect in EU law, or\n(b) in respect of Great Britain, Council Regulation (EC) No. 111/2005 dated 22nd December 2004.”.\n(b) after the definition of “scheduled substance” insert—\n““customs territory of the Union” in respect of Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in Article 4(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 952/2013 dated 9 October 2013.”.\n(3) In regulation 3 (competent authorities) after paragraph (5) insert—\n“(5A) In respect of Northern Ireland, in Article 26(3) of the Community Regulation, any person specified in paragraph (7).”.\n(4) In regulation 5 (offences and penalties: documentation, labelling, provision of information) in paragraph (1) omit “, and as if references in those Articles to scheduled substances are references to scheduled substances within the meaning of Part II of that Act”.\n(5) In regulation 6 (requirements, offences and penalties: exports)—\n(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1) insert, “In respect of Great Britain,”;\n(b) after paragraph (1), insert—\n“(1A) In respect of Northern Ireland, an operator who is concerned in the export of a scheduled substance that requires a customs declaration shall ensure that he has a valid export authorisation for that export in accordance with Articles 12 to 19 of the Community Regulation.”;\n(c) at the beginning of paragraph (2) insert “In respect of Great Britain,”;\n(d) after paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) In respect of Northern Ireland, an operator who is concerned in the export of a scheduled substance shall ensure that he presents an export authorisation to the customs office when the customs declaration is made, or in the absence of a customs declaration either at a customs office of exit or other competent authorities at the point of exit from the customs territory of the Union as required by Article 14(2) of the Community Regulation.”.\n(e) in paragraph (3), after “paragraph (1)” insert “or paragraph (1A)”.\n(6) In regulation 7 (requirements, offences and penalties: imports)—\n(a) in paragraph 1, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;\n(b) in paragraph 2, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;\n(c) after paragraph 2 insert—\n“(2A) In respect of Northern Ireland, an operator who is concerned in the import into the customs territory of the Union of a scheduled substance listed in Category 1 of the Annex to the Community Regulation shall—\n(a) ensure he has a valid import authorisation for that import in accordance with Articles 20 to 25 of the Community Regulation;\n(b) present the import authorisation obtained in accordance with Article 20 of the Community Regulation to the customs office when the scheduled substances are declared for customs procedure in accordance with Article 22 of the Community Regulation.”;\n(d) in paragraph (3) after “paragraph (1)” insert “or paragraph (2A)(a)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/296, amended by S.I. 2019/742 and by section 15(3) of, and paragraph 190 of Schedule 8 to, the 2013 Act. There is another amending instrument, but it is not relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L 22, 26.1.2005, p.1, as last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1475 (OJ No. L, 2025/1475, 25.7.2025)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "EUR 2005/111, as amended by S.I. 2019/742."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No. L 269, 10.10.2013, p 1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2022/2399 (OJ No. L 317, 9.12.2022, p.1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348279917/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:46.652464+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}