Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986

3.—(1) The Misuse of Drugs (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986(1) shall be amended as follows:—

(2) In that part of the index (Arrangement of Regulations) to the regulations headed “SCHEDULES”, after the reference to SCHEDULE 3, there shall be inserted—

  • “SCHEDULE 4 Part I controlled drugs excepted from the prohibition on possession when in the form of a medicinal product; excluded from the application of offences arising from the prohibition on importation and exportation when imported or exported in the form of a medicinal product by any persons for administration to himself, and subject to the requirements of regulations 22, 23, 25 and 26.”

and after the existing reference to “SCHEDULE 4” there shall be inserted the words “Part II”.

(3) In regulation 4(1), there shall be substituted for the words “Schedules 4 and 5” the words “Part II of Schedule 4 and Schedule 5”.

(4) After regulation 4(1), there shall be inserted—

“(1A) The application of section 3(1) of the Act insofar as it creates an offence and of sections 50(1) to (4), 68(2) and (3) or 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(2) insofar as they apply in relation to a prohibition or restriction on importation or exportation having effect by virtue of section 3 of the Act, are hereby excluded in the case of importation or exportation by any person for administration to himself of any drug specified in Part I of Schedule 4 which is contained in a medicinal product.”.

(5) After Schedule 3 there shall be inserted—

Regulation 3

“SCHEDULE 4

Part I

Controlled drugs excepted from the prohibition on possession when in the form of a medicinal product; excluded from the application of offences arising from the prohibition on importation and exportation when imported or exported in the form of a medicinal product by any person for administration to himself; and subject to the requirements of regulations 22, 23, 25 and 26.

1.  The following substances, namely—

AtamestaneMethenolone
BolandiolMethyltestosterone
BolasteroneMetribolone
BolazineMibolerone
BoldenoneNandrolone
BolenolNorboletone
BolmantalateNorclostebol
CalusteroneNorethandrolone
4-ChloromethandienoneOvandrotone
ClostebolOxabolone
DrostanoloneOxandrolone
EnestebolOxymesterone
EpitiostanolOxymetholone
EthyloestrenolPrasterone
FluoxymesteronePropetandrol
FormeboloneQuinbolone
FurazabolRoxibolone
MebolazineSilandrone
MepitiostaneStanolone
MesaboloneStanozolol
MestanoloneStenbolone
MesteroloneTestosterone
MethandienoneThiomesterone
MethandriolTrenbolone

2.  Any compound (not being Trilostane or a compound for the time being specified in paragraph 1 of this Part of the Schedule) structurally derived from 17-hydroxyandrostan-3-one or from 17-hydroxyestran-3-one by modification in any of the following ways, that is to say,

(a)by further substitution at position 17 by a methyl or ethyl group;

(b)by substitution to any extent at one or more of positions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 or 16, but at no other position;

(c)by unsaturation in the carbocyclic ring system to any extent, provided that there are no more than two ethylenic bonds in any one carbocyclic ring;

(d)by fusion of ring A with a heterocyclic system.

3.  Any substance which is an ester or ether (or, where more than one hydroxyl function is available, both an ester and an ether) of a substance specified in paragraph 1 or described in paragraph 2 of this Part of this Schedule.

4.  The following substances namely—

  • Chorionic Gonadotrophin (HCG)

  • Clenbuterol

  • Non-human chorionic gonadotrophin

  • Somatotropin

  • Somatrem

  • Somatropin

5.  Any stereoisomeric form of a substance specified or described in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Part of this Schedule.

6.  Any salt of a substance specified or described in any of paragraphs 1 to 5 of this Part of this Schedule.

7.  Any preparation or other product containing a substance or product specified or described in any of paragraphs 1 to 6 of this Part of this Schedule, not being a preparation specified in Schedule 5.”.

(6) The existing Schedule 4 shall be renamed “SCHEDULE 4 PART II”.