SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Transitional and Saving Provisions

Continuing validity of prescription forms

5.

Notwithstanding the amendments made by paragraphs 50 and 58 of Schedule 2, a prescription form provided by a Primary Care Trust for the purposes of private prescribing (which may also be used for the purposes of issuing a health prescription) is to continue to be valid for the purposes of—

(a)

regulations 15(1)(aa), (1A) and (1B) and 16(1D) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 M1, and

(b)

regulations 15(1)(aa), (1A) and (1B) and 16(1D) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 M2.