{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 7",
  "text": "In regulation 7 (administration of drugs in Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5)—\n(a) in paragraph (3) after “any drug specified in Schedule 2, 3 or 4” insert “, and for these purposes the circumstances in which a person is to be regarded as administering in accordance with the directions of a doctor or dentist include where that person is acting in accordance with a patient group direction”;\n(b) for paragraph (4) substitute—\n“(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), a nurse independent prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber may administer to a patient, without the directions of a doctor or dentist, any controlled drug which such nurse independent prescriber or such pharmacist independent prescriber may prescribe under regulation 6B provided it is administered for a purpose for which it may be prescribed under that regulation.”;\n(c) for paragraph (5) substitute—\n“(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), any person may administer to a patient in accordance with the specific directions of a nurse independent prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber any controlled drug which such nurse independent prescriber or such pharmacist independent prescriber may prescribe under regulation 6B provided it is administered for a purpose for which it may be prescribed under that regulation.”",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}