{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exceptions for drugs in Schedules 4 and 5 and poppy-straw",
  "text": "(1) Section 3(1) of the Act (which prohibits the importation and exportation of controlled drugs) shall not have effect in relation to the drugs specified in Schedule 5 except nitrous oxide.\n(2) The application of section 3(1) of the Act, in so far as it creates an offence, and the application of sections 50(1) to (4), 68(2) and (3) or 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, in so far as they apply in relation to a prohibition or restriction on importation or exportation having effect by virtue of section 3 of the Act, are hereby excluded in the case of importation or exportation which is carried out in person for administration to that person of any drug specified in Part II of Schedule 4.\n(3) Section 5(1) of the Act (which prohibits the possession of controlled drugs) shall not have effect in relation to—\n(a) any drug specified in Part II of Schedule 4 ...;\n(b) the drugs specified in Schedule 5 except nitrous oxide.\n(4) Sections 4(1) (which prohibits the production and supply of controlled drugs) and 5(1) of the Act shall not have effect in relation to poppy-straw.\n(5) Sections 3(1), 4(1) and 5(1) of the Act shall not have effect in relation to any exempt product.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(1) inserted (8.11.2023) by The Misuse of Drugs (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1099), regs. 1(1), 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (23.4.2012) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No.2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/973), regs. 1(1), 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(3)(a) omitted (23.4.2012) by virtue of The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No.2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/973), regs. 1(1), 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(3)(b) inserted (8.11.2023) by The Misuse of Drugs (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1099), regs. 1(1), 4(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3998/regulation/4",
    "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."
}