{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-amendment-order-2019/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-amendment-order-2019/note.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111187302",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-amendment-order-2019",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order relates to the control of certain drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38) (‘the Act’). Paragraph 1(ca) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act controls a range of synthetic cannabinoids as Class B drugs. Article 2 of this Order amends that paragraph to reduce the range of synthetic cannabinoids controlled.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available at https://legislation.gov.uk. Copies may be obtained from the Home Office at 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111187302/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:59:46.278086+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."
}