This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in SI 2006/1450 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument
Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 2178
dangerous drugs, england and wales
dangerous drugs, Scotland
The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006
Made
3rd August 2006
Laid before Parliament
11th August 2006
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 10 and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971( 1 ).
In accordance with section 31(3) of that Act, he has consulted with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006 and subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 1st September 2006.
(2) Regulation 4 shall come into force in Wales on 1st January 2007.
(3) These Regulations extend to England, Wales and Scotland.
Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
2. The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001( 2 ) shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.
3. In regulation 2—
(a) in the definition of “private prescribing”, for the words from “, where the definition of” to the end, substitute “or veterinary prescriptions;”;
(b) after the definition of “supplementary prescriber” insert—
“ “veterinary prescription” means a prescription issued by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner for the purposes of animal treatment; ” .
4. —(1) In regulation 15(1)—
(a) in paragraph (aa), after “health prescription” insert “or a veterinary prescription”;
(b) after paragraph (aa), insert—
“ (ab) except in the case of a health prescription or a veterinary prescription, specify the prescriber identification number of the person issuing it; ”
(c) in paragraph (c), omit “prescriber identification number and the”.
(2) In regulation 15(1A), after “health prescription” insert “or a veterinary prescription”.
5. In regulation 16(2), for “unless it is a health prescription,” substitute “if it is a veterinary prescription,”.
6. —(1) In regulation 23(3)—
(a) for “or prescription (other than a health prescription)”, substitute “and veterinary prescription”;
(b) after “regulations”, insert “, and every prescription (other than a health prescription) on which a controlled drug specified in Schedules 4 or 5 is so supplied,”.
(2) In regulation 23(4), after “health prescription” insert “or a veterinary prescription”.
Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006
7. In regulation 2(2) of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006( 3 ), for “1 January 2007” substitute “1st January 2008”.
Joan Ryan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
3rd August 2006
S.I. 2001/3998 , to which there are a number of amendments, the relevant ones being made by S.I. 2006/1450 .