{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-no2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/397",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-no2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations insert regulation 4B into the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”). They also revoke regulation 4 of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, which was intended to insert regulation 4B, but which erroneously omitted wording from the text.\nRegulation 3 inserts into the 2002 Regulations, regulation 4B. The regulation makes it lawful to import, export, produce, supply, offer to supply or possess Gamma- butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4 -butanediol (1,4-BD) except where a person does so, knowing or believing that it will be used for the purpose of human ingestion other than as a flavouring in food.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/397/note",
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  },
  "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."
}