EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations insert regulation 4B into the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”). They also revoke regulation 4 of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, which was intended to insert regulation 4B, but which erroneously omitted wording from the text.
Regulation 3 inserts into the 2002 Regulations, regulation 4B. The regulation makes it lawful to import, export, produce, supply, offer to supply or possess Gamma- butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4 -butanediol (1,4-BD) except where a person does so, knowing or believing that it will be used for the purpose of human ingestion other than as a flavouring in food.