{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3998",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DANGEROUS DRUGS\nMade 13th December 2001\nLaid before Parliament 14th December 2001\nComing into force 1st February 2002\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 7, 10, 22 and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in accordance with section 31(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (5.4.2012) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/980), arts. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (10.6.2013) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1294), arts. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (27.6.2015) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1396), arts. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (27.11.2015) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) (No. 3) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1929), arts. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (27.6.2016) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/650), arts. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (27.11.2016) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) (No. 2) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1126), arts. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Regulations applied (with modifications) (11.6.2026) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/613), arts. 1(1), 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3998/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:18:47.393467+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."
}