The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/2178
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006 and subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 1st September 2006.

(2) Regulation 4 shall come into force in Wales on 1st January 2007.

(3) These Regulations extend to England, Wales and Scotland.

Section 2 Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.

Section 3 Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

In regulation 2—

(a) in the definition of “private prescribing”, for the words from “, where the definition of” to the end, substitute “or veterinary prescriptions;”;

(b) after the definition of “supplementary prescriber” insert—

“veterinary prescription” means a prescription issued by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner for the purposes of animal treatment;

Section 4 Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

(1) In regulation 15(1)—

(a) in paragraph (aa), after “health prescription” insert “or a veterinary prescription”;

(b) after paragraph (aa), insert—

(ab) except in the case of a health prescription or a veterinary prescription, specify the prescriber identification number of the person issuing it;

(c) in paragraph (c), omit “prescriber identification number and the”.

(2) In regulation 15(1A), after “health prescription” insert “or a veterinary prescription”.

Section 5 Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

In regulation 16(2), for “unless it is a health prescription,” substitute “if it is a veterinary prescription,”.

Section 6 Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

(1) In regulation 23(3)—

(a) for “or prescription (other than a health prescription)”, substitute “and veterinary prescription”;

(b) after “regulations”, insert “, and every prescription (other than a health prescription) on which a controlled drug specified in Schedules 4 or 5 is so supplied,”.

(2) In regulation 23(4), after “health prescription” insert “or a veterinary prescription”.

Section 7 Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006

In regulation 2(2) of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006 , for “1 January 2007” substitute “1st January 2008”.