S.I. No. 137/1970 - Medical Preparations (Control of Amphetamine) (Amendment) Regulations, 1970.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Preparations (Control of Amphetamine) (Amendment) Regulations, 1970.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 19th June, 1970.

3. The Medical Preparations (Control of Amphetamine) Regulations, 1969 (

S.I. No. 244 of 1969

) are hereby amended by the substitution for the Schedule thereto of the following Schedule

SCHEDULE.

(1)

Amphetamine

Benzphetamine

Dexamphetamine

Levamphetamine

Methamphetamine

Phenmetrazine

Phendimetrazine

(2) Any salt of a substance for the time being specified in paragraph (1) above.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 11th

day of June, 1970.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Regulations is to exclude from the scope of the Medical Preparations (Control of Amphetamine) Regulations, 1969, certain preparations which were formerly controlled under those regulations.

S.I. No. 137 of 1970.

MEDICAL PREPARATIONS (CONTROL OF AMPHETAMINE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1970.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 5

and

65

of the

Health Act, 1947

(No. 28 of 1947), as amended by

section 39

of the

Health Act, 1953

, (No. 26 of 1953), hereby makes the following Regulations:—