{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3998",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Preservation of registers, books and other documents",
  "text": "(1) All registers and books kept in pursuance of regulation 19 or 21(3) shall be preserved for a period of two years from the date on which the last entry therein is made.\n(2) Every record made in pursuance of regulation 22 shall be preserved for a period of two years from the date on which the record was made.\n(3) Every ... ... veterinary prescription on which a controlled drug is supplied in pursuance of these Regulations , and every prescription (other than a health prescription) on which a controlled drug specified in Schedules 4 or 5 is so supplied, shall be preserved for a period of two years from the date on which the last delivery under it was made.\n(4) Every prescription (other than a health prescription or a veterinary prescription) on which a controlled drug other than a drug specified in Schedule 4 or 5 is supplied shall be sent to the relevant National Health Service agency in accordance with arrangements specified by that agency.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(3) revoked (1.1.2008) by The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2154), regs. 2(3)(d), 4(11)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(3) substituted (1.9.2006) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2178), regs. 1(1), 6(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 23(3) substituted (1.1.2008) by The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2154), regs. 2(3)(d), 4(11)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(3) inserted (1.9.2006) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2178), regs. 1(1), 6(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 23(4) inserted (7.7.2006) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1450), regs. 2(1), 9 (with regs. 12, 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 23(4) inserted (1.9.2006) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2178), regs. 1(1), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in reg. 23(4) substituted (1.9.2007) by The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2154), regs. 2(2), 4(11)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3998/regulation/23",
    "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."
}