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1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and come into operation on 1st March 2016.
(2)The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
2Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002#
The Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 9 below.
3Amendment of regulation 2#
In regulation 2(2) in the definition of “health prescription”, for “a doctor or a dentist” substitute “a doctor, a dentist, a nurse independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber, or a supplementary prescriber”.
4Amendment of regulation 8#
In regulation 8 (production and supply of drugs in Schedules 2 and 5)—
(a)for paragraph (8)(b) substitute—“b a registered nurse or a person specified in Schedule 8 may, when acting in their capacity as such, supply or offer to supply, under and in accordance with the terms of a patient group direction, any drug specified in Schedule 5 or ketamine to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession, except that this paragraph shall not have effect in the case of ketamine or any preparation of ketamine which is designed for administration by injection and which is to be used for the purpose of treating a person who is addicted to a drug;”
(b)after paragraph (8)(b) insert—“9 For the purposes of paragraph (8)(b) above, 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 dependent upon the drug that he has an overpowering desire for the administration of it to be continued.”
5Amendment of regulation 15#
In regulation 15 (form of prescriptions) in paragraph (1) omit “or temazepam”.
6Amendment of regulation 16#
In paragraph (1A) of regulation 16 (provisions as to supply on prescription) omit “or temazepam”.
7Amendment of Schedule 2#
In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (which specifies controlled drugs subject to the requirements of regulations 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, and 27) after “Isomethadone” insert—“• Ketamine”
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