Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

PART 2

Amendment of Misuse of Drugs Act 1977

Amendment of section 1 of Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (interpretation).

3.— Section 1 (1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 ) is amended—

(a) by inserting the following before the definition of “cannabis”:

“ ‘ business ’ includes a profession;”,

(b) by inserting the following after the definition of “forged prescription”:

“ ‘ Irish Medicines Board ’ means the Irish Medicines Board established under section 3 of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 ;”,

(c) in the definition of “practitioner”, by substituting “, a registered veterinary surgeon and a registered nurse” for “and a registered veterinary surgeon”, and

(d) by inserting the following after the definition of “registered medical practitioner”:

“ ‘ registered nurse ’ means a person whose name is entered in the register of nurses maintained by An Bord Altranais under section 27 of the Nurses Act 1985 ;”.