Controlled Drug Licensing
Individuals and Bodies Corporate not covered by the provisions of The Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 must be licensed by the DHSSPSNI to lawfully produce, supply or possess controlled drugs.
Northern Ireland operates a domestic licensing system separate to that operating in the rest of the United Kingdom (which is administered by Drug Licensing at the Home Office).
The Department is responsible for processing applications for the production, supply and possession of controlled drugs to individuals or bodies corporate not authorised to do so under The Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002.
It also has a role in the inspection of licensees and responding to adverse episodes such as the theft or unaccounted loss of controlled drugs from licensed premises.
An application form for a domestic controlled drugs licence for Northern Ireland may be downloaded.
- Controlled Drug Licence Application Form (MS Word 358KB)
- Controlled Drug Licence Application Form (PDF 68KB)
Commercial and personal import and export licensing is overseen and administered by Drug Licensing at the Home Office. Please see (page link) and (page link) on site for more information.
All precursor chemical licensing and registration is carried out by the Home Office.
Please see the Precursor Chemicals pages on this site for more information.
