After section 9 of the M1Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 there is inserted the following section—

“9AProhibition of supply etc. of articles for administering or preparing controlled drugs.

(1)

A person who supplies or offers to supply any article which may be used or adapted to be used (whether by itself or in combination with another article or other articles) in the administration by any person of a controlled drug to himself or another, believing that the article (or the article as adapted) is to be so used in circumstances where the administration is unlawful, is guilty of an offence.

(2)

It is not an offence under subsection (1) above to supply or offer to supply a hypodermic syringe, or any part of one.

(3)

A person who supplies or offers to supply any article which may be used to prepare a controlled drug for administration by any person to himself or another believing that the article is to be so used in circumstances where the administration is unlawful is guilty of an offence.

(4)

For the purposes of this section, any administration of a controlled drug is unlawful except—

(a)

the administration by any person of a controlled drug to another in circumstances where the administration of the drug is not unlawful under section 4(1) of this Act, or

(b)

the administration by any person of a controlled drug to himself in circumstances where having the controlled drug in his possession is not unlawful under section 5(1) of this Act.

(5)

In this section, references to administration by any person of a controlled, drug to himself include a reference to his administering it to himself with the assistance of another”.

In Schedule 4 to that Act, after the entry relating to section 9 there is inserted—

“Section 9A.

Prohibition of supply etc. of articles for administering or preparing controlled drugs.

Summary

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6 months or level 5 on the standard scale, or both.”