The Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
Statutory Rule 2002 No. 1 came into force on 1st February 2002.
For more information go to www.opsi.gov.uk
Table
of Amending SRs
Amending SRs to The Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 | |
|---|---|
| Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regs (N.I.) 2003 | S.R.2003 NO 314 |
| Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No.2) Regs (N.I.) 2003 | S.R.2003 NO 324 |
| Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No 3) Regs (N.I.) 2003 | S.R.2003 NO 420 |
| Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regs (N.I.) 2005 | S.R.2005 NO 119 |
| Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No.2) Regs (N.I.) 2005 | S.R.2005 NO 360 |
| Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regs (N.I.) 2005 | S.R.2005 NO 44 |
| Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No.2) Regs (N.I.) 2006 | S.R.2006 NO 214 |
| Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No 3) Regs (N.I.) 2005 | S.R.2006 NO 264 |
| Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No 4) Regs (N.I.) 2006 | S.R.2006 NO 334 |
Whereas
the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 contains all of the prohibitions, the authorities are contained in the
Regulations.
For example, the Act states that it is an offence for anybody to possess
(Section 5) or to supply (Section 4) a controlled drug, the combined effects of Regulations 8(2)(a),
9(2)(a) and 10(1)(a) and (b) allow a practitioner to possess and supply a controlled drug when
acting in his capacity as such.
For additional information for practitioners go to Practitioner’s
page
The Regulations divide controlled drugs into 5 Schedules according to
the level of control required and provide reducing levels of control, depending on the perceived risk
of social harm.
For more information on this go to Schedules 1 to 5 list
(PDF 48KB)
and A to Z list Class and Schedule (PDF 61KB)
For a summary of the main provisions of the Regulations please go to
MDR (NI) 2002 Main Provisions (PDF 32KB)
