Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 16th April 2010.

Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

2. In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act as Class B drugs)—

(a) in paragraph 1(a), after “Methcathinone”, insert—

“ 4–Methylmethcathinone ” ;

(b) after paragraph 1(a), insert—

“ (aa) Any compound (not being bupropion, cathinone, diethylpropion, pyrovalerone or a compound for the time being specified in sub–paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from 2–amino–1–phenyl–1–propanone by modification in any of the following ways, that is to say,

(i) by substitution in the phenyl ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy, haloalkyl or halide substituents, whether or not further substituted in the phenyl ring by one or more other univalent substituents;

(ii) by substitution at the 3–position with an alkyl substituent;

(iii) by substitution at the nitrogen atom with alkyl or dialkyl groups, or by inclusion of the nitrogen atom in a cyclic structure. ” .