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The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011
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These Regulations amend regulation 4B of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (the “2002 Regulations”) by including within the reference to 1, 4-butanediol in regulation 4B any substance which is an ester or ether or both an ester and an ether of 1, 4-butanediol, and by removing from the references to gamma–butyrolactone and 1, 4-butanediol any stereoisomeric form of gamma–butyrolactone and 1, 4-butanediol respectively. Regulation 4B was inserted into the 2002 Regulations by regulation 3 of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, and makes it lawful to import, export, produce, supply, offer to supply or possess gamma‑butyrolactone and 1, 4‑butanediol 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.
Amendment of the 2002 RegulationsI13
The 2002 Regulations shall be amended as follows.