
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2003.
2 
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
3 

(1) The Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) After regulation 6 there shall be inserted –
6A 

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9A(1) and (3) of the Act, any of the persons specified in paragraph (2) may, when acting in their capacity as such, supply or offer to supply the following articles –
(a) a swab;
(b) utensils for the preparation of a controlled drug;
(c) citric acid;
(d) a filter;
(e) ampoules of water for injection, only when supplied or offered for supply in accordance with the Medicines Act 1968.
(2) The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are:
(a) a practitioner;
(b) a pharmacist;
(c) a person employed or engaged in the lawful provision of drug treatment services.
(3) In regulation 2(2) for “has the same meaning as in Part I of the Civil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) Order 1971” there shall be substituted “means anything in which information of any description is recorded (within the meaning of the Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997”.
(4) In regulation 6(7)(c) for “the Post Office” there shall be substituted “a postal operator (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000)”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 7th July 2003.
D. C. Gowdy
Permanent Secretary,
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
