S.I. No. 341/1993 - Misuse of Drugs (Scheduled Substances) (Exemption) Order 1993.

1. Any animal remedy or medical preparation containing one or more of the following substances or their salts, namely:—

N-Acetylanthranilic acid

Ephedrine

Ergometrine

Ergotamine

Isosafrole (cis isomer)

Isosafrole (trans isomer)

Lysergic acid

3,4-Methylenedioxyphenylpropan-2-One

1-Phenyl-2-propanone (otherwise known as phenylacetone)

Piperonal

Pseudoephedrine

Safrole.

2. The following substances, namely

Acetic anhydride

Acetone

Anthranilic acid

Ethyl ether

Methylethylketone

Phenylacetic acid

Piperidine

Potassium permanganate

Toluene.

3. Any salt of a substance specified in paragraph 2 above.

4. The following substances, namely

Hydrochloric acid

Sulphuric acid.

5. Any preparation or other product containing any proportion of a substance referred to in paragraph 1 above, or of a salt of any such substance, or of a substance specified in any of paragraphs 2, 3 or 4 above, compounded in such a way that any such substance cannot be easily used or recovered by readily applicable means.

6. Any animal remedy or medical preparation containing any proportion of a substance specified in any of paragraphs 2, 3 or 4 above.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 22nd day of November, 1993.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to exempt from the provisions of

Section 3

of the

Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977

(which makes unauthorised possession an offence) the substances, animal remedies, medical preparations, other preparations and other products specified in the Schedule to the Order.

S.I. No. 341 of 1993.

MISUSE OF DRUGS (SCHEDULED SUBSTANCES) (EXEMPTION) ORDER 1993.

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

Section 3

of the

Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977

(No. 12 1977) hereby orders as follows