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81 J. Crim. L. 3 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/jcriml2017 and id is 1 raw text is: The Journal of Criminal Law The journal of Criminal Law 2017, Vol. 81(1) 3-4 Crim inal Law Legislation Update ©K The Author(s) 2017 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.ukl/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0022018316689149 As at 22 December 2016 journals.sagepub.com/home/cl $SAGE Joanne Clough Northumbria University, UK Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) (No 2) Order 2016 Article 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) (No 2) Order 2016 (SI 2016/1126) specifies those substances and products as drugs which are subject to temporary control under s. 2A(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The substances and products specified in article 2 are N-methyl-1- (thiophen-2-yl)propan-2-amine related materials which are being misused as new psychoactive substances. These substances and products were made the subject of temporary control by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) (No. 3) Order 2015 but this Order expired on 26 November 2016. This Order (SI 2016/1126) continues the controls which the 2015 Order had put in place. Article 3 of this Order (SI 2016/1126) provides that the Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 and the Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1973 apply to these substances and products. It also states that the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 apply to these substances and products as if they were specified in Schedule 1 to each of the relevant Regulations. In accordance with s. 2A(6) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the specified substances and products will cease to be subject to temporary control after the expiry of one year or on the coming into force of an Order in Council under s. 2(2) of that Act, whichever is earlier, listing the specified substances and products in Part 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 2 to that Act. These changes took effect on 27 November 2016. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2016 This Order (SI 2016/1109) brings a specified list of drugs under the control of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (MDA 1971). Article 3 of the Order brings a range of synthetic cannabinoids under permanent control as Class B drugs under the MDA 1971, excluding those synthetic cannabinoids which are already controlled under the Act as Class B drugs, two other compounds which are already controlled as Class A drugs (clonitazene and etonitazene) and several other compounds that have legitimate medical uses (acemetacin, atorvastatin, bazedoxifene, indometacin, losartan, olmesartan, proglumetacin, telmisartan, viminol and zafirlukast). Article 4 ofthe Order brings the anabolic steroid known as Dienedione (estra-4, 9-diene-3,17-dione) under permanent control as a Class C drug. These changes came into effect on the 28th day after the day which it was made (made on 16 November 2016). Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2016 Section 7(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (MDA 1971) requires regulations to be made to allow drugs which are subject to control under that Act to be used for medical purposes. Section 7(3) does not

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