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Statutory Instruments

1990 No. 2589

DANGEROUS DRUGS

The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1990

Made

19th December 1990

Coming into operation

1st February 1991

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1990

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 2(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st February 1991.

2. Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (which, as amended(2), specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act) shall be amended by the insertion -

(a)in paragraph 1 of Part I of that Schedule -

(i)after the word "2,5-Dimethoxy-α,4-dimethylphenethylamine", of the word "N-Hydroxy-tenamphetamine", and

(ii)after the word "2-Methyl-3-morpholino-1,1-diphenylpropanecarboxylic acid", of the word "4-Methl-aminorex";

(b)in paragraph 1 of Part II of that Schedule, after the word "Methyprylone", of the word "Midazolam".

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds to Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (which specifies the Class A drugs which are subject to control under the Act) N-Hydroxy-tenamphetamine and 4-Methyl-aminorex. The Order also adds to Part III of that Schedule (which specifies the Class C drugs which are subject to such control) Midazolam.


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