Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 1117
Dangerous Drugs, England And Wales
Dangerous Drugs, Scotland
The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2017
Made
16th November 2017
Laid before Parliament
20th November 2017
Coming into force
27th November 2017
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 10, 22 and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971( 1 ).
In accordance with section 31(3) of that Act the Secretary of State 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. 2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2017 and come into force on the 27th November 2017.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
2.The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001( 2 )are amended as follows.
3. In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1 (which specifies controlled drugs subject to the requirements of regulations 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26 and 27) after “Methylnaphthidate (HDMP-28)” insert—
“ N -methyl-1-(thiophen-2-yl)propan-2-amine (methiopropamine or MPA) ” .
Ben Wallace
Minister of State
Home Office
16th November 2017
1971 c. 38 ; section 22 was amended by section 177(1) of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 4, to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) ; other amendments have been made to sections 7, 10 and 31 that are not relevant to these Regulations.
S.I. 2001/3998 . Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/1432 , S.I. 2005/1653 , S.I. 2005/3372 , S.I. 2006/986 , S.I. 2007/2154 , S.I. 2009/3136 , S.I. 2010/1144 , S.I. 2011/448 , S.I. 2012/385 , S.I. 2012/1311 , S.I. 2013/176 , S.I. 2013/625 , S.I. 2014/1275 , S.I. 2014/1377 , S.I. 2014/3277 , S.I. 2015/891 , 2016/1125 and 2017/631 .