{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-modification-order-1983/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-modification-order-1983/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/765",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971-modification-order-1983",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order amends Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under the Act. The Order adds Sufentanil and Tilidate to Part I of that Schedule (which specifies Class A drugs), and adds Dextropropoxyphene to Part III (which specifies Class C drugs).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/765/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:01:57.803010+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."
}