The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019

Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

2.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001(1) (which specifies the controlled drugs to which section 7(4) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 applies) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1(sa) of Part 1 of Schedule 1, for the words before paragraph (i) substitute—

“Any compound (not being a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraphs (h) to (s) above) structurally related to 1-pentyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole (JWH-018), in that the four sub-structures, that is to say the indole ring, the pentyl substituent, the methanone linking group and the naphthyl ring, are linked together in a similar manner, whether or not any of the sub-structures have been modified, and whether or not substituted in any of the linked sub-structures with a benzyl or phenyl group and whether or not such compound is further substituted to any extent with alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, halide, haloalkyl or cyano substituents and, where any of the substructures have been modified, the modifications of the sub-structures are limited to any of the following, that is to say—”.

(1)

S.R. 2001 No. 431, relevant amending Orders are S.R. 2018 Nos. 174 and 3, S.R. 2015 Nos. 228 and 54, S.R. 2014 Nos. 262, 159 and 20, S.R. 2013 No. 77, S.R. 2012 No. 212, S.R. 2011 No. 154, S.R. 2010 Nos. 246 and 149, S.R. 2009 No. 389 and S.R. 2005 No. 359