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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-amendment-order-2023/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348251258",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-amendment-order-2023",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971",
  "text": "In Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act as Class C drugs), in paragraph 1(a) after “Nitrazolam (1-Methyl-8-nitro-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]benzodiazepine).” insert—\n“Nitrous oxide.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 was designated as such by S.I. 1996/1300; there are other amendments to Schedule 2 which are not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348251258/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:42:56.792143+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."
}