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4.—(1) Section 3(1) of the Act (which prohibits the importation and exportation of controlled drugs) shall not have effect in relation to the drugs specified in Schedule 5.
(2) The application of section 3(1) of the Act, in so far as it creates an offence, and the application of sections 50(1) to (4), 68(2) and (3) or 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, in so far as they apply in relation to a prohibition or restriction on importation or exportation having effect by virtue of section 3 of the Act, are hereby excluded in the case of importation or exportation by any person for administration to himself of any drug specified in Part II of Schedule 4 which is contained in a medicinal product.
(3) Section 5(1) of the Act (which prohibits the possession of controlled drugs) shall not have effect in relation to—
(a)any drug specified in Part II of Schedule 4 which is contained in a medicinal product;
(b)the drugs specified in Schedule 5.
(4) Sections 4(1) (which prohibits the production and supply of controlled drugs) and 5(1) of the Act shall not have effect in relation to poppy-straw.
(5) Sections 3(1), 4(1) and 5(1) of the Act shall not have effect in relation to any exempt product.
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