The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1973

Made: 18th April 1973

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 18th day of April 1973

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on the day appointed under section 40(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 for the purposes of section 2(2) of that Act.

2

Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act) shall be amended as follows, that is to say—

• (a) in paragraph 1 of Part I of that Schedule after the word “Dipipanone” there shall be inserted the words “Drotebanol (3, 4-dimethoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6β, 14-diol)” and the words “Nicodicodine (6-nico-tinoyldihydrocodeine)” shall be omitted;

• (b) at the end of paragraph 3 of the said Part I there shall be inserted the words “not being a substance for the time being specified in Part II of this Schedule”;

• (c) in paragraph 1 of Part II of that Schedule after the word “Nicocodine” there shall be inserted the words “Nicodicodine (6-nicotinoyldihydro-codeine)” and after the word “Pholcodine” there shall be inserted the word “Propiram”; and

• (d) in paragraph 1 of Part III of that Schedule the words “Fencamfamin”, “Pemoline”, “Phentermine” and “Prolintane” shall be omitted.

Signed

W. G. Agnew

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under the Act.

The Order transfers the substance nicodicodine from Part I to Part II and excludes from Part I certain substances (notably, codeine, dihydrocodeine, ethylmorphine, norcodeine and pholcodine) which are already included in Part II.

The Order also adds the substance drotebanol to Part I and the substance propiram to Part II and removes from Part III the substances fencamfamin, pemoline, phentermine and prolintane.