The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 1998

Made: 23rd March 1998

Laid before Parliament: 31st March 1998

Coming into force: 1st May 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 7, 10 and 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971¹, after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998.

2

• (1) The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985² shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1, there shall be inserted—

• (a) after the word “Eticyclidine”, the word “Etryptamine”; and

• (b) after the word “Mescaline”, the word “Methcathinone”.

• (3) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, after the word “Trimeperidine”, there shall be inserted the word “Zipeprol”.

• (4) In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 3, after the word “Ethinamate”, there shall be inserted the word “Flunitrazepam”.

• (5) In paragraph 1 of Part II of Schedule 4³, the word “Flunitrazepam” shall be deleted and there shall be inserted—

• (a) after the word “Alprazolam”, the word “Aminorex”;

• (b) after the word “Bromazepam”, the word “Brotizolam”; and

• (c) after the word “Mefenorex”⁴, the word “Mesocarb”.

Signed

George Howarth — Minister of State — 23rd March 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985 by adding Etryptamine and Methcathinone to Schedule 1; Zipeprol to Schedule 2; and Aminorex, Brotizolam and Mesocarb to Schedule 4 Part II. These drugs became subject to control under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 by virtue of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/750). These Regulations also transfer Flunitrazepam from Schedule 4 Part II to Schedule 3 to the 1985 Regulations.

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