{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-designation-order-northern-ireland-2001/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/431",
  "legislation_title": "Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-designation-order-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Designation",
  "text": "(1) The controlled drugs specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order are designated as drugs to which section 7(4) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 applies.\n(2) Part II of the Schedule shall have effect for the purpose of specifying those controlled drugs which are excepted from Part I of that Schedule.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in operation at 1.2.2002, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2001/431",
      "affecting_title": "Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/431/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:09:31.416367+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."
}