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2003 No. 1653

DANGEROUS DRUGS

The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2003

Made

26th June 2003

Laid before Parliament

8th July 2003

Coming into force

1st August 2003

In pursuance of sections 10, 22 and 31(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971( 1 ), after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st August 2003.

Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

2. —(1)The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001( 2 ) shall be amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 6 there shall be inserted—

“ Supply of articles for administering or preparing controlled drugs

6A. —(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9A(1) and (3) ( 3 ) of the Act, any of the persons specified in paragraph (2) may, when acting in their capacity as such, supply or offer to supply the following articles—

(a) a swab;

(b) utensils for the preparation of a controlled drug;

(c) citric acid;

(d) a filter;

(e) ampoules of water for injection, only when supplied or offered for supply in accordance with the Medicines Act 1968 ( 4 ) and of any instrument which is in force thereunder.

(2) The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) a practitioner;

(b) a pharmacist;

(c) a person employed or engaged in the lawful provision of drug treatment services.

(3) In regulation 2(1) for “has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 ( 5 ) ” there shall be substituted “means anything in which information of any description is recorded (within the meaning of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 ( 6 ) )”.

(4) In regulation 6(7)(c) for “the Post Office” there shall be substituted “ a postal operator (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000 ( 7 ) ) ”.

(5) In regulation 16(1)(e) for “(3)” there shall be substituted “(4) ”. ”

Caroline Flint

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

26th June 2003

( 1 )

1971 c. 38 .

( 2 )

S.I. 2001/3998 .

( 3 )

Section 9A was inserted in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 by section 34(1) of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c. 32) .

( 4 )

1968 c. 67 .

( 5 )

1968 c. 64 .

( 6 )

1995 c. 38 .

( 7 )

2000 c. 26 .

( 8 )

S.I. 1997/1830 , amended by S.I. 1997/2044 , S.I. 1998/108 , S.I. 1998/1178 , S.I. 1998/2081 , S.I. 1999/1044 , S.I. 1999/3463 , S.I. 2000/1917 , S.I. 2000/2899 , S.I. 2000/3231 , S.I. 2001/2777 , S.I. 2001/3942 , S.I. 2002/549 , S.I. 2003/696 .

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The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (2003/1653)

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