{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) omit the definition of “medicinal product”;\n(b) after the definition of “patient group direction” insert the following definition—\n““pharmacist independent prescriber” has the same meaning as 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”, after “by a nurse independent prescriber for the medical treatment of a single individual,”, insert “by a pharmacist independent prescriber for the medical treatment of a single individual,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "SI 1997/1830, amended by SI 2006/915; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/168/regulation/4",
    "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."
}