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The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016

S.I. 2016/554 · Made 3 May 2016

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Dangerous Drugs

Made 3rd May 2016

Laid before Parliament 5th May 2016

Coming into force 26th May 2016

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(1) and (2)(c) of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2016 c. 2.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1999
  3. 3Amendment to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 26th May 2016.

2Amendment to the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1999

(1)

The Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1999f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 5 (enactments extending general Crown privilege to visiting forces etc.), after the entry relating to the Sunday Trading Act 1994, insert—

“The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (c. 2).”.

3Amendment to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009

(1)

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In Part 1 of the table in paragraph 2 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the children’s barred list with the right to make representations) insert the following entry in the appropriate place—

“

Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, section 5The person to whom the psychoactive substance was supplied or offered to be supplied was a child

”.

(3)

In Part 1 of the table in paragraph 4 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the adults’ barred list with the right to make representations) insert the following entry in the appropriate place—

“

Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, section 5The person to whom the psychoactive substance was supplied or offered to be supplied was a child

”.

Signature

Karen Bradley

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office

3rd May 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments to secondary legislation in consequence of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (c. 2) (the Act).