Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 28th June, 2019. | ||
I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4, 5 (as amended by section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 (No. 18 of 1984), and section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 9 of 2016)), 18 and 38 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (No. 12 of 1977), and section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 2019. | ||
(2) The Principal Regulations, the Regulations of 2017 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017 to 2019 and shall be construed together as one. | ||
2. In these Regulations— | ||
“Principal Regulations” means the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017 ( S.I. No. 173 of 2017 ) | ||
“Regulations of 2017” means the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 532 of 2017). | ||
3. Paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1 (as amended by Regulation 3 of the Regulations of 2017) to the Principal Regulations is amended— | ||
(a) by substituting “Cannabinol derivatives, not being dronabinol or its stereoisomers” for “Cannabinol derivatives”, and | ||
(b) by substituting for “Cannabis (not being a preparation specified in paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 Part 1)” the following: | ||
“Cannabis (not being a preparation specified in paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 or a preparation or product specified in paragraph 10 of Schedule 2)”. | ||
4. Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations is amended— | ||
(a) in paragraph 1, by inserting “Dronabinol” after “Dipipanone”, and | ||
(b) by inserting after paragraph 9 the following paragraph: | ||
“10. A preparation or product specified in Schedule 1 to the Misuse of Drugs (Prescription and Control of Supply of Cannabis for Medical Use) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 262 of 2019) and permitted for supply pursuant to those Regulations.”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
26 June 2019. | ||
SIMON HARRIS | ||
Minister for Health | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
The purpose of these Regulations is to amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017— | ||
(a) to insert into Schedule 2 preparations containing dronabinol, and | ||
(b) to insert into Schedule 2 certain cannabis products or preparations for medical use, which are specified in Schedule 1 to the Misuse of Drugs (Prescription and Control of Supply of Cannabis for Medical Use) Regulations 2019. | ||
These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 2019. |