S.I. No. 341/1993 - Misuse of Drugs (Scheduled Substances) (Exemption) Order 1993.

S.I. No. 341 of 1993.

MISUSE OF DRUGS (SCHEDULED SUBSTANCES) (EXEMPTION) ORDER 1993.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 (No. 12 1977) hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Scheduled Substances) (Exemption) Order, 1993.

2. In this Order:—

"animal remedy" has the same meaning as in the Animal Remedies Act, 1993 (No. 23 of 1993);

"medical preparation" has the same meaning as in Section 65 of the Health Act, 1947 as amended by Section 39 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953) and by Section 7 of the Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act, 1992 (No. 20 of 1992);

3. Sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 shall not apply to the controlled drugs specified in the Schedule to this Order provided that such drugs as aforesaid do not contain any other substance, preparation or other product which itself is a controlled drug.

SCHEDULE

1. Any animal remedy or medical preparation containing one or more of the following substances or their salts, namely:—

N-Acetylanthranilic acid

Ephedrine

Ergometrine

Ergotamine

Isosafrole (cis isomer)

Isosafrole (trans isomer)

Lysergic acid

3,4-Methylenedioxyphenylpropan-2-One

1-Phenyl-2-propanone (otherwise known as phenylacetone)

Piperonal

Pseudoephedrine

Safrole.

2. The following substances, namely:

Acetic anhydride

Acetone

Anthranilic acid

Ethyl ether

Methylethylketone

Phenylacetic acid

Piperidine

Potassium permanganate

Toluene.

3. Any salt of a substance specified in paragraph 2 above.

4. The following substances, namely:

Hydrochloric acid

Sulphuric acid.

5. Any preparation or other product containing any proportion of a substance referred to in paragraph 1 above, or of a salt of any such substance, or of a substance specified in any of paragraphs 2, 3 or 4 above, compounded in such a way that any such substance cannot be easily used or recovered by readily applicable means.

6. Any animal remedy or medical preparation containing any proportion of a substance specified in any of paragraphs 2, 3 or 4 above.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 22nd day of November, 1993.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to exempt from the provisions of Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 (which makes unauthorised possession an offence) the substances, animal remedies, medical preparations, other preparations and other products specified in the Schedule to the Order.