{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/986",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2 of the 2001 Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2 of the 2001 Regulations (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—\n(a) omit the definition of “extended formulary nurse prescriber”;\n(b) after the definition of “medicinal product” insert the following definition—\n““nurse independent prescriber” has the same meaning as in the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997, and such a person may only prescribe controlled drugs in accordance with regulation 6B;”; and\n(c) in the definition of “prescription”, for “an extended formulary nurse prescriber” substitute “a nurse independent prescriber”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The definition of “extended formulary nurse prescriber” was inserted by S.I. 2003/2429 and substituted by S.I. 2005/2864."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/1830. The definition of nurse independent prescriber will be inserted into the 1997 Order by the Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/915) and will come into force on 1st May 2006."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The definition of “prescription” was amended to include a reference to “extended formulary nurse prescriber” by S.I. 2003/2429."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/986/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:30:44.287141+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."
}