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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-no4-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/288",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No.4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-no4-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 to allow for the provision of aluminium foil by persons employed or engaged in the lawful provision of drug treatment services. Such provision is permitted as part of structured steps to bring individuals into treatment or as part of such treatment. Without this amendment, the provision of foil to drug users would be an offence under section 9A Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/288/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:04:58.409080+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."
}