S.I. No. 531/2017 - Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (Controlled Drugs) (Declaration) Order 2017

1. The following substances, namely

3,4-dichloro-

N

-(2-dimethylamino-cyclohexyl)-

N

-methyl-benzamide (otherwise known as U-47700);

Ethyl phenyl(piperidin-2-yl) acetate (otherwise known as Ethylphenidate);

[1-(5-fluoropentyl)-1

H

-indol-3-yl](2,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclopropyl) methanone (otherwise known as XLR-11); and

N

-methyl-1-(thiophen-2-yl) propan-2-amine (otherwise known as Methiopropamine).

2. Any stereoisomeric form of a substance specified in paragraph 1.

3. Any ester or ether of a substance specified in paragraph 1 or 2.

4. Any stereoisomeric form of a substance specified in paragraphs 1 to 3.

5. Any salt of a substance specified in paragraphs 1 to 4.

6. Any preparation or product containing any proportion of a substance or product specified in paragraphs 1 to 5.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

21 November 2017.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of this Order is to declare certain substances, products and preparations to be controlled drugs for the purposes of the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2016. The drugs concerned are—

3,4-dichloro-

N

-(2-dimethylamino-cyclohexyl)-

N

-methyl-benzamide (otherwise known as U-47700);

Ethyl phenyl(piperidin-2-yl) acetate (otherwise known as Ethylphenidate);

[1-(5-fluoropentyl)-1

H

-indol-3-yl](2,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclopropyl) methanone (otherwise known as XLR-11); and

N

-methyl-1-(thiophen-2-yl) propan-2-amine (otherwise known as Methiopropamine).

This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to 2017 (Controlled Drugs) (Declaration) Order 2017.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

1

st December

, 2017.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by

section 2

(2) of the

Misuse of Drugs Act 1977

(No. 12 of 1977), hereby make the following order