SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1EXEMPTED SUBSTANCES

Section 3

Controlled drugs

1

Controlled drugs (within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971).

Medicinal products

2

Medicinal products.

In this paragraph “medicinal product” has the same meaning as in the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916) (see regulation 2 of those Regulations).

Alcohol

3

Alcohol or alcoholic products.

In this paragraph—

  • “alcohol” means ethyl alcohol, and

  • “alcoholic product” means any product which—

    1. a

      contains alcohol, and

    2. b

      does not contain any psychoactive substance.

Nicotine and tobacco products

4

Nicotine.

5

Tobacco products.

In this paragraph “tobacco product” means—

a

anything which is a tobacco product within the meaning of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 (see section 1 of that Act), and

b

any other product which—

i

contains nicotine, and

ii

does not contain any psychoactive substance.

Caffeine

6

Caffeine or caffeine products.

In this paragraph “caffeine product” means any product which—

a

contains caffeine, and

b

does not contain any psychoactive substance.

Food

7

Any substance which—

a

is ordinarily consumed as food, and

b

does not contain a prohibited ingredient.

In this paragraph—

  • “food” includes drink;

  • “prohibited ingredient”, in relation to a substance, means any psychoactive substance—

    1. a

      which is not naturally occurring in the substance, and

    2. b

      the use of which in or on food is not authorised by an EU instrument.