Drugs (Control) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2022

L.N. 251 of 2022

MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE

(CAP. 31)

Drugs (Control) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2022

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 40 of the

Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, the Minister responsible

for public health, after consultation with the Council of Health, has

made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Drugs (Control)

(Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2022 and these regulations shall be

read and construed as one with the Drugs (Control) Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2) These regulations transpose Commission Delegated

Directive (EU) 2022/1326 of 18 March 2022 amending the Annex to

Council Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA as regards the inclusion

of new psychoactive substances in the definition of "drug".

In the Second Schedule to the principal regulations,

immediately after the item

"EUTYLONE

1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-

(ethylamino)butan-1-one"

there shall be added the following new items

"3-methylmethcathinone, 3- 2-(methylamino)-1-(3-methylphenyl)propan-

1-one

MMC

3-chloromethcathinone, 3-

1-(3-chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)propan-

CMC

1-one".

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