The Misuse of Drugs (Notification of and Supply to Addicts) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1973
SR 1973 No. 180 came into force on 1st July 1973.
Supply to Addicts
A doctor shall not administer or supply to a person who he considers,
or has reasonable grounds to suspect, is addicted* to any drug, or authorise the administration or supply
to such a person, of any substance specified in the paragraph below, or prescribe for such a person
any such substance, except:
- (a) for the purpose of treating organic disease or injury;
- (b) under and in accordance with terms of a licence issued by the DHSSPSNI in pursuance of these Regulations.
*(For
the purposes of these Regulations a person shall be regarded
as being addicted to a drug if, and only if, he has as a result of repeated administration become so
dependant upon the drug that he has an overpowering desire for the administration of it to be continued.)
This
does not apply to the administration or supply by a doctor of a
substance specified in the paragraph below if the administration or supply is authorised by another
doctor under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued to him in pursuance of these Regulations.
The substances referred to in paragraphs above are:
- (a) cocaine, its salts and any preparation or other product containing cocaine or its salts; or
- (b) diamorphine, its salts and any preparation or other product containing diamorphine or its salts.
- (c) dipipanone, its salts and any preparation or other product containing dipipanone or its salts
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