2012 No. 212
The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(4) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 19711 as adapted by section 7(9) of that Act and now vested in it2 and after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in accordance with section 7(7) of that Act.
Citation and commencement1
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.
Interpretation2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly
Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 20013
In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 20014 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
(This note is not part of the Order)