
1 
This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Variation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st May 1998.
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(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In this Order the “principal Order” means the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1987.
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(1) The principal Order shall be varied as follows—
(2) In paragraph 1(a) of Part I to the Schedule, there shall be inserted—
(a) after the word “Eticyclidine”, the word “Etryptamine”, and
(b) after the word “Mescaline”, the word “Methcathinone”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on
D. A. Baker
Assistant Secretary
31st March 1998.