S.I. No. 122/2009 - Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009.

2. The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1988 (

S.I. No. 328 of 1988

) are hereby amended as follows

In paragraph 1(

a

) of Schedule 1, before “Bufotenine”, there shall be inserted “1-benzylpiperazine (BZP)”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 March 2009

MARY HARNEY.

Minister for Health and Children.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport

to be a legal interpretation).

The effect of this Regulation is to include 1-benzylpiperazine (BZP) within the strict regime of control that applies to those drugs in Schedule 1 of the Regulations.

1 O.J. L. 63, 7.3.2008, p45.

S.I. No. 122 of 2009

MISUSE OF DRUGS (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

7

th April

, 2009.

I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4, 5, and 38 of the

Misuse of Drugs Act 1977

(No. 12 of 1977), as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 (

S.I. No. 308 of 1997

) and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Decision 2008/206/JHA of 8 March 2008 on defining 1-benzylpiperazine (BZP) as a new psychoactive substance which is to be made subject to control measures and criminal provisions 1

, hereby make the following Regulations