{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/168",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 8",
  "text": "In regulation 8 (production and supply of drugs in Schedules 2 and 5)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(b) after “Schedule 2 or 5” insert—\n“;\n(c) a nurse independent prescriber acting in his capacity as such, or a supplementary prescriber acting under and in accordance with the terms of a clinical management plan, may compound any drug specified in Schedule 2 or 5 for the purposes of administration in accordance with regulation 7;\n(d) any person acting in accordance with the written directions of a doctor, a dentist, a nurse independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber, or a supplementary prescriber acting under and in accordance with the terms of a clinical management plan, may compound any drug specified in Schedule 2 or 5 for the purposes of administration in accordance with regulation 7”.\n(b) in paragraph (2)(k)(ii) after “nurse independent prescriber” insert “or a pharmacist independent prescriber”;\n(c) in paragraph (2)(k)(iii) after “nurse independent prescriber” insert “or a pharmacist independent prescriber”;\n(d) for paragraph (2A) substitute—\n“(2A) The directions given by a nurse independent prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber referred to in paragraph (2)(k)(ii) and (iii) shall relate only to a controlled drug which such nurse independent prescriber or such pharmacist independent prescriber may prescribe under regulation 6B and a purpose for which it may be prescribed under that regulation.”;\n(e) for paragraph (7) substitute—\n“(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(1)(b) of the Act, a nurse independent prescriber may, when acting in his capacity as such, supply or offer to supply any controlled drug specified in Schedule 2 or 5 to any person who may lawfully have any of those drugs in his possession provided it is supplied or offered in circumstances where he may prescribe it under regulation 6B.”; and\n(f) in paragraph (8)(a)—\n(i) after “a registered nurse” insert “or a pharmacist”; and\n(ii) for the words “for the treatment of cardiac pain to a person admitted as a patient to a coronary care unit or an accident and emergency department of a hospital” substitute the words “or morphine where administration of such drugs is required for the immediate, necessary treatment of sick or injured persons”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/168/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:11.922113+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."
}