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The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014

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This draft Statutory Instrument supersedes the draft of the same title which was laid before Parliament and published on 16th July 2014 (ISBN 978-0-11-111823-8) and withdrawn on 30th October 2014. It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that draft Statutory Instrument.

Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 2(5) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Dangerous Drugs

Made 2014

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

At the Court at the 

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

In accordance with section 2(5) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971f1 a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 2(2) of that Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1971 c. 38. Schedule 2 has been amended by section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 (c. 17) and S.I. 1973/771, 1975/421, 1977/1243, 1979/299, 1983/765, 1984/859, 1985/1995, 1986/2230, 1989/1340, 1990/2589, 1995/1966, 1996/1300, 1998/750, 2001/3932, 2003/1243, 2003/3201, 2005/3178, 2006/3331, 2008/3130, 2009/3209, 2010/1207, 2010/1833, 2011/744, 2012/1390, 2013/239, 2014/1106 and 2014/1352.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
  3. 3Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
  4. 4Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 and comes into force on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it is made.

2Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

The following amendments are made to Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

3Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

In paragraph 1(a) of Part 1 (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act as Class A drugs)—

(a)

after “Trimeperidine” insert—

“(6aR,9R)-4-acetyl-N,N-diethyl-7-methyl-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroindolo[4,3-fg]quinoline-9-carboxamide (ALD-52).”;

(b)

after “4-Cyano-1-methyl-4-phenyl-piperidine” insert—

“3,4-dichloro-N-[[1-(dimethylamino)cyclohexyl]methyl]benzamide (AH-7921);

(6aR,9R)-N,N-diethyl-7-allyl-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroindolo[4,3-fg]quinoline-9-carboxamide (AL-LAD);

(6aR,9R)-N,N-diethyl-7-ethyl-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroindolo[4,3-fg]quinoline-9-carboxamide (ETH-LAD);

(6aR,9R)-N,N-diethyl-7-propyl-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroindolo[4,3-fg]quinoline-9-carboxamide (PRO-LAD).”.

(c)

after “N,N-Diethyltryptamine” insert—

“2,4-dimethylazetidinyl{(6aR,9R)-7-methyl-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroindolo[4,3- fg]quinolin-9-yl}methanone (LSZ).”.

4Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

For paragraph 1(b) of Part 1, substitute—

“(b)

any compound (not being a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from tryptamine or from a ring-hydroxy tryptamine by modification in any of the following ways, that is to say—

(i)

by substitution at the nitrogen atom of the sidechain to any extent with alkyl or alkenyl substituents, or by inclusion of the nitrogen atom of the side chain (and no other atoms of the side chain) in a cyclic structure;

(ii)

by substitution at the carbon atom adjacent to the nitrogen atom of the side chain with alkyl or alkenyl substituents;

(iii)

by substitution in the 6-membered ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, thioalkyl, alkylenedioxy, or halide substituents;

(iv)

by substitution at the 2-position of the tryptamine ring system with an alkyl substituent;”.

Signature

Name

Clerk of the Privy Council

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings certain drugs under the control of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (‘the Act’). Articles 3 and 4 of this Order bring a synthetic opiate, known as AH-7921, various tryptamines and LSD related compounds, as listed in the Order, under permanent control as Class A drugs under the Act.