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The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 1989

S.I. 1989/1460 · Made 7 August 1989

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DANGEROUS DRUGS

Made 7th August 1989

Laid before Parliament 16th August 1989

Coming into force 18th September 1989

In pursuance of sections 7, 10 and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971f1, after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, I hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1971 c. 38.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 18th September 1989.

2

The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985f1 shall be amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 3, after “Benzphetamine” there shall be inserted “Buprenorphine”, and

(b)

in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4, after “Oxazolam” there shall be inserted “Pemoline”.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

7th August 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985 by adding, to Schedules 3 and 4 respectively, Buprenorphine and Pemoline which become subject to control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 by virtue of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1340).