LegalizeThe Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 1989
Made: 7th August 1989
Laid before Parliament: 16th August 1989
Coming into force: 18th September 1989
In pursuance of sections 7, 10 and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971[^f00001], after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, I hereby make the following Regulations:
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 18th September 1989.
2
The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985[^f00002] shall be amended as follows:
- (a) in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 3, after “Benzphetamine” there shall be inserted “Buprenorphine”, and
- (b) in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4, after “Oxazolam” there shall be inserted “Pemoline”.
Signed
Douglas Hurd — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 7th August 1989
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985 by adding, to Schedules 3 and 4 respectively, Buprenorphine and Pemoline which become subject to control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 by virtue of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1340).
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1971 c. 38.
[^f00002]: S.I. 1985/2066, as amended by S.I. 1986/2330, 1988/916.
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