{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 6B of the 2001 Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 6B of the 2001 Regulations (authority for Extended Formulary Nurse Prescribers to prescribe)—\n(a) in the heading, for “Extended Formulary Nurse Prescribers” substitute “Nurse Independent Prescribers”;\n(b) for “An extended formulary nurse prescriber” substitute “A nurse independent prescriber”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (a), omit “diazepam, lorazepam, midazolam,”;\n(d) in sub-paragraph (e), at the end insert “; and”; and\n(e) after sub-paragraph (e), insert—\n“(f) diazepam, lorazepam or midazolam for use in palliative care or treatment of tonic-clonic seizures.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 6B was inserted by S.I. 2005/2864."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/986/regulation/3",
    "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."
}