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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-safe-custody-amendment-regulations-1974/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/1449",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Amendment) Regulations 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-safe-custody-amendment-regulations-1974",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Regulations amend the Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 by postponing from 1st October 1974 to 1st April 1975 the coming into operation of Regulations 3 and 4 of and Schedule 2 to those Regulations (which require controlled drugs in retail pharmacies and certain other premises to be kept in a locked safe, cabinet or room constructed in accordance with prescribed specifications or, in certain circumstances, certified as adequately secure by the chief officer of police).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1449/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:26:00.421062+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."
}