Safe Custody Guidance
Please see the Safe Custody Regulations (NI) 1973
page for the current statutory requirements
for the safe custody of controlled drugs.
These require, so far as circumstances permit, certain CDs to be locked
up in a safe or cabinet or other locked receptacle.
The drugs to which these Regulations apply are:-
- All Schedule 1 controlled drugs
- All Schedule 2 CDs except Quinalbarbitone
- In Schedule 3: buprenorphine, Diethylpropion, Temazepam and Flunitrazepam.
In the
licensee setting, applicants should take advice from both this
Department when their application is being processed, as well as the relevant Police contact dealing
with crime prevention matters.
A short summary guide for
producers, full and short-line wholesalers
was provided by the Home Office and may be seen by viewing the Licensee Security
Measures Summary page.
The Home Office has also produced lists of suppliers of Prefabricated
Strong Rooms (PDF 40KB) and safe and cabinet manufacturers (PDF 28KB).
