
1 
This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 13th June 2012.
2 
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly
3 
In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 after paragraph 1(r), insert—“
(s) Any compound (not being pipradrol) structurally derived from piperidine, pyrrolidine, azepane, morpholine or pyridine by substitution at a ring carbon atom with a diphenylmethyl group, whether or not the compound is further modified in any of the following ways, that is to say,
(i) by substitution in any of the phenyl rings to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl or halide groups;
(ii) by substitution at the methyl carbon atom with an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or hydroxy group;
(iii) by substitution at the ring nitrogen atom with an alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkyl or hydroxyalkyl group.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 22nd May 2012
(L.S.)Norman Morrow
A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
