9. For regulation 9(7)(1) (production and supply of drugs in Schedules 3 and 4) substitute—
“(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(1)(b) of the Act, an extended formulary nurse prescriber may, when acting in her capacity as such, supply or offer to supply—
(a)diazepam, lorazepam and midazolam for use in palliative care;
(b)buprenorphine for transdermal use in palliative care; and
(c)chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride and diazepam for treatment of initial or acute withdrawal symptoms caused by the withdrawal of alcohol from persons habituated to it,
to any person who may lawfully have any of these drugs in his possession”.
Regulation 9(7) was inserted by S.R. No. 420