(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9A(1) and (3) of the Act, any of the persons specified in paragraph (2) may, when acting in their capacity as such, supply or offer to supply the following articles—

(a) a swab;

(b) utensils for the preparation of a controlled drug;

(d) a filter;

(e) ampoules of water for injection, only when supplied or offered for supply in accordance with the Medicines Act 1968 and of any instrument which is in force thereunder

(f) ascorbic acid.

(2) The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) a practitioner;

(b) a pharmacist;

(d) a supplementary prescriber acting under and in accordance with the terms of a clinical management plan ; and

(e) a nurse independent prescriber.

(3) Despite the provisions of section 9A(1) and (3) of the Act, a person employed or engaged in the lawful provision of drug treatment services may, when acting in that capacity, supply or offer to supply aluminium foil in the context of structured steps—

(a) to engage a patient in a drug treatment plan, or

(b) which form part of a patient’s drug treatment plan.

(4) In this regulation “drug treatment plan” means a written plan, relating to the treatment of an individual patient, and agreed by the patient and the person employed in the lawful provision of drug treatment services.

Administration of drugs in Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5

Production and supply of drugs in Schedules 2 and 5

Possession of drugs in Schedules 2, 3 and 4

Exemption for midwives

Cultivation under licence of cannabis plant

Approval of premises for cannabis smoking for research purposes

Documents to be obtained by supplier of controlled drugs

Form of prescriptions

Provisions as to supply on prescription

Exemption for certain prescriptions

Marking of bottles and other containers

Record-keeping requirements in respect of drugs in Schedules 1 and 2

Requirements as to registers

Record-keeping requirements in respect of drugs in Schedules 1 and 2

Preservation of registers, books and other documents

Preservation of records relating to drugs in Schedules 3 and 5

Exempt products

Furnishing of information with respect to controlled drugs

Destruction of controlled drugs

Revocations

SCHEDULE 8

1

Any of the following persons may supply or administer a specified controlled drug under a patient group direction, namely—

(a) a person who holds a certificate of proficiency in ambulance paramedic skills issued by, or with the approval of, the Secretary of State, or a person who is a ... registered paramedic;

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) a registered optometrist;

(e) a registered chiropodist;

(f) a registered orthoptist;

(g) a registered physiotherapist;

(h) a registered radiographer;

(i) a registered occupational therapist;

(j) a registered orthotist and prosthetist;

(k) a pharmacist;

Exceptions for drugs in Schedule 1

4A

(1) Section 5(1) of the Act (which prohibits the possession of controlled drugs) shall not have effect in relation to a fungus (of any kind) which contains psilocin or an ester of psilocin where that fungus—

(a) is growing uncultivated;

(b) is picked by a person already in lawful possession of it for the purpose of delivering it as soon as is reasonably practicable into the custody of a person lawfully entitled to take custody of it and it remains in that person’s possession for and in accordance with that purpose;

(c) is picked for either of the purposes specified in paragraph (2) and is held for and in accordance with the purpose specified in paragraph (2)(b), either by the person who picked it or by another person; or

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