S.I. No. 264/1987:

MISUSE OF DRUGS (EXEMPTION) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1987.

MISUSE OF DRUGS (EXEMPTION) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1987.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 (No. 12 of 1977) hereby orders as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Exemption) (Amendment) Order, 1987.

2. The Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs (Exemption) Order, 1979 ( S.I. No. 29 of 1979 ) is hereby amended by the deletion in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 1 of the word "dihydrocodeine", and by the insertion after paragraph 1 of the following paragraph:--

"1A. Any preparation of dihydrocodeine (not being a preparation designed for administration by injection) containing, per dosage unit, not more than 10 milligrammes of dihydrocodeine calculated as base and which in the case of an undivided preparation has a concentration of not more than 1.5 per cent of dihydrocodeine calculated as base."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister of Health this 16th day of October, 1987.

RORY O'HANLON,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs (Exemption) Order, 1979 to the extent of reducing the concentration levels of dihydrocodeine at which preparations containing such concentrations are exempted from the provisions of Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 .