Misuse of Drugs (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 1980

Jersey R & O 6778

 

Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law, 1978.

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MISUSE OF DRUGS (GENERAL PROVISIONS) (JERSEY) ORDER, 1980.

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ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES

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Article

PART I

GENERAL

1.

Interpretation.

PART II

EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LAW

2.

Exemption from First Schedule drugs and poppy-straw.

3.

Provisions as to licences.

4.

General authority to possess drugs.

5.

Administration of First, Second and Third Schedule drugs.

6.

Production and supply of First and Second Schedule drugs.

7.

Production and supply of Third Schedule drugs.

8.

Possession of Second and Third Schedule drugs.

9.

Exemption for midwives in respect of pethidine.

10.

Cultivation under licence of cannabis plant.

PART III

REQUIREMENTS AS TO DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD KEEPING

11.

Documents to be obtained by supplier of controlled drugs.

12.

Form of prescriptions.

13.

Provision as to supply on prescription.

14.

Marking of bottles and other containers.

15.

Keeping of registers.

16.

Requirements as to registers.

17.

Record-keeping requirements in particular cases.

18.

Preservation of registers, books and other documents.

19.

Preservation of records relating to First Schedule drugs.

PART IV

MISCELLANEOUS

20.

Destruction of controlled drugs.

21.

Savings and transitional provisions.

PART V

CITATION AND COMMENCEMENT

22.

Citation and commencement.

First Schedule

Controlled drugs excepted from the prohibition on importation, exportation and possession and subject to the requirements of Article 19.

Second Schedule

Controlled drugs subject to the requirements of Articles 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 20.

Third Schedule

Controlled drugs subject to the requirements of Articles 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Fourth Schedule

Controlled drugs subject to the requirements of Articles 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 20.

Fifth Schedule

Form of Register.

 


Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law, 1978

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MISUSE OF DRUGS (GENERAL PROVISIONS) (JERSEY) ORDER, 1980

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THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE, in pursuance of Articles 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 21 and 25 the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law, 19781, and after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, hereby orders as follows –

PART I

GENERAL

 

INTERPRETATION

1.-(1)  In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires –

“certified midwife” means a person authorised to exercise the profession of midwife in the Island under the ‘Loi (1922) sur la Santé Publique (Sages-Femme)’;2

“the Committee” means the Public Health Committee;

“health prescription” means a prescription issued under the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law, 1967;3

“the Law” means the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law, 1978;4

“the Medical Officer” means the Medical Officer of Health appointed under Article 10 of the ‘Loi (1934) sur la Santé Publique’5 or a duly qualified medical practitioner acting under his direction for the purposes of this Order;

“the Merchant Shipping Acts” means the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1971;

“nursing officer” means the senior nurse responsible for a particular hospital or nursing home and includes any male nurse occupying a similar position;

“prescription” means a prescription issued by a doctor for the medical treatment of a single individual, by a dentist for the dental treatment of a single individual or by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner for the purposes of animal treatment;

“register” means a bound book and does not include any form of loose-leaf register or card index;

“registered premises” means premises registered under Part II of the Pharmacy, Poisons and Medicines (Jersey) Law, 1952;6

“retail dealer” means a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business;

“sister or acting sister” in relation to a hospital or nursing home includes any male nurse occupying a similar position;

“wholesale dealer” means a person who carries on the business of selling drugs to persons who buy to sell again.

(2)     References in this Order to a numbered Article or Schedule shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the Article so numbered in, or the appropriate Schedule to, this Order.

(3)     References in this Order to any other enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.

(4)     This Order shall be construed as one with the Law.

PART II

EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LAW

 

EXEMPTION FOR FIRST SCHEDULE DRUGS AND POPPY-STRAW

2.-(1)  Paragraph (1) of Article 4 and paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the Law (which prohibit the importation, exportation and possession of controlled drugs) shall not have effect in relation to the controlled drugs specified in the First Schedule.

(2)     Article 5 and paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the Law (which prohibit the production, supply and possession of controlled drugs) shall not apply to poppy-straw.

 

PROVISIONS AS TO LICENCES

3.             Where any person is authorised by licence issued by the Committee under this Article and for the time being in force to produce, supply, offer to supply or have in his possession any controlled drug, it shall not by virtue of Article 5 or paragraph (1) of Article 6 of the Law be unlawful for that person to produce, supply, offer to supply or have in his possession that drug in accordance with the terms of the licence and in compliance with any conditions attached thereto.

 

GENERAL AUTHORITY TO POSSESS DRUGS

4.             Any of the following persons may have any controlled drugs in his possession –

(a)    a person in the employ of the Crown or any administration of the States or a police officer when acting in the course of his duty as such;

(b)    a person engaged in the business of a carrier when acting in the course of that business;

(c)    a person engaged in the work of any laboratory to which the drug has been sent for forensic examination when acting in the course of his duty as a person so engaged;

(d)    a person engaged in conveying the drug to a person authorised by this Order to have it in his possession.

 

ADMINISTRATION OF FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD SCHEDULE DRUGS

5.-(1)  Any person may administer to another any drug specified in the First Schedule.

(2)     A doctor or dentist may administer to a patient any drug specified in the Second or Third Schedule.

(3)     Any person, other than a doctor or dentist, may administer to a patient in accordance with the directions of a doctor or dentist, any drug specified in the Second or Third Schedule.

 

PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY OF FIRST AND SECOND SCHEDULE DRUGS

6.-(1)  A practitioner or pharmacist, acting in his capacity as such, may manufacture or compound any drug specified in the First or Second Schedule.

(2)     A person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business and acting in his capacity as such may, at the registered premises at which he carries on that business, manufacture or compound any drug specified in the First or Second Schedule.

(3)     Any of the following persons –

(a)    a practitioner;

(b)    a pharmacist;

(c)    a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business;

(d)    the nursing officer or acting nursing officer of a hospital or nursing home which is under the administration of the States;

(e)    in the case of such a drug supplied to her by a person responsible for the dispensing and supply of medicines at the hospital or nursing home, the sister or acting sister for the time being in charge of a ward, theatre or other department in such a hospital or nursing home as aforesaid;

(f)     a person who is in charge of a laboratory the recognized activities of which consist in, or include, the conduct of scientific education or research and which is attached to a hospital or to any other institution approved for the purpose by the Committee;

(g)    an official analyst within the meaning of the Food and Drugs (Jersey) Law, 1966;7

(h)    an authorised officer, within the meaning of the Food and Drugs (Jersey) Law, 1966;8

(j)     an inspector within the meaning of Article 28 of the Pharmacy, Poisons and Medicines (Jersey) Law, 1952;9

may, when acting in his capacity as such, supply or offer to supply any drug specified in the First or Second Schedule to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession:

Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall authorize –

(i)      the nursing officer or acting nursing officer of a hospital or nursing home, having a pharmacist responsible for the dispensing and supply of medicines, to supply or offer to supply any drug;

(ii)     a sister or acting sister for the time being in charge of a ward, theatre or other department to supply any drug otherwise than for administration to a patient in that ward, theatre or department in accordance with the directions of a doctor or dentist.

(4)     The owner of a ship, or the master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of her complement, may supply or offer to supply any drug specified in the First or Second Schedule to –

(a)    any member of the crew;

(b)    any person who may lawfully supply that drug; or

(c)    any person authorised to be in possession of the drug for the purpose of destruction.

 

PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY OF THIRD SCHEDULE DRUGS

7.-(1)  A practitioner or pharmacist, acting in his capacity as such, may manufacture or compound any drug specified in the Third Schedule.

(2)     A person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business and acting in his capacity as such may, at the registered premises at which he carries on that business, manufacture or compound any drug specified in the Third Schedule.

(3)     Any of the following persons, that is to say –

(a)    a practitioner;

(b)    a pharmacist;

(c)    a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business;

(d)    the nursing officer or acting nursing officer of a hospital or nursing home;

(e)    in the case of such a drug supplied to her by a person responsible for the dispensing and supply of medicines at the hospital or nursing home, the sister or acting sister for the time being in charge of a ward, theatre or other department in a hospital or nursing home;

(f)     a person in charge of a laboratory the recognized activities of which consist in, or include, the conduct of scientific education or research;

(g)    an official analyst within the meaning of the Food and Drugs (Jersey) Law, 1966;10

(h)    an authorised officer within the meaning of the Food and Drugs (Jersey) Law, 1966;11

(j)     an inspector within the meaning of Article 28 of the Pharmacy, Poisons and Medicines (Jersey) Law, 1952;12

may, when acting in his capacity as such, supply or offer to supply any drug specified in the Third Schedule to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession:

Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall authorize –

(i)      the nursing officer or acting nursing officer of a hospital or nursing home, having a pharmacist responsible for the dispensing and supply of medicines, to supply or offer to supply any drug;

(ii)     a sister or acting sister for the time being in charge of a ward, theatre or other department to supply any drug otherwise than for administration to a patient in that ward, theatre or department in accordance with the directions of a doctor or dentist.

(4)     The owner of a ship, or the master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of her complement, may supply or offer to supply any drug specified in the Third Schedule to any member of the crew or to any person who may lawfully supply that drug.

 

POSSESSION OF SECOND AND THIRD SCHEDULE DRUGS

8.-(1)  Any person specified in paragraph (3) of Article 6 may have in his possession any drug specified in the Second Schedule for the purpose of acting in his capacity as a person so specified.

(2)     Any person specified in paragraph (3) of Article 7 may have in his possession any drug specified in the Third Schedule for the purpose of acting in his capacity as a person so specified.

(3)     A person may have in his possession any drug specified in the Second or Third Schedule for administration for medical, dental or veterinary purposes in accordance with the directions of a practitioner:

Provided that this paragraph shall not have effect in the case of a person to whom the drug has been supplied by or on the prescription of a doctor if –

(a)    that person was then being supplied with any controlled drug by or on the prescription of another doctor and failed to disclose that fact to the first mentioned doctor before the supply by him or on his prescription; or

(b)    that person or any other person on his behalf made a declaration or statement, which was false in any particular, for the purpose of obtaining the supply or prescription.

(4)     The owner of a ship, or the master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of her complement, may have in his possession any drug specified in the Second or Third Schedule so far as is necessary for the purpose of compliance with the Merchant Shipping Acts.

(5)     The master of a foreign ship which is in a port in the Island may have in his possession any drug specified in the Second or Third Schedule so far as is necessary for the equipment of the ship.

 

EXEMPTION FOR MIDWIVES IN RESPECT OF PETHIDINE

9.-(1)  Subject to the provisions of this Article a certified midwife may –

(a)    so far as is necessary for the practice of her profession or employment as a midwife, have pethidine in her possession;

(b)    so far as necessary as aforesaid, administer pethidine.

(2)     Nothing in paragraph (1) of this Article shall authorise a midwife to have in her possession pethidine which has been obtained otherwise than on a midwife’s supply order signed by the Medical Officer.

(3)     Where, by virtue of this Article, a midwife has pethidine in her possession which is no longer required by her, she shall forthwith deliver it into the custody of the Medical Officer.

(4)     In this Article “midwife’s supply order” means an order in writing specifying the name and occupation of the midwife obtaining the pethidine, the purpose for which it is required and the total quantity to be obtained.

 

CULTIVATION UNDER LICENCE OF CANNABIS PLANT

10.          Where any person is authorised by a licence of the Committee issued under this Article and for the time being in force to cultivate plants of the genus Cannabis, it shall not be unlawful for that person to cultivate any such plant in accordance with the terms of the licence and in compliance with any conditions attached thereto.

PART III

REQUIREMENTS AS TO DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD KEEPING

 

DOCUMENTS TO BE OBTAINED BY SUPPLIER OF CONTROLLED DRUGS

11.-(1)  Where a person (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as “the supplier”), not being a practitioner, supplies a controlled drug otherwise than on a prescription, the supplier shall not deliver the drug to a person who –

(a)    purports to be sent by or on behalf of the person to – whom it is supplied (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as “the recipient”); and

(b)    is not authorised by any provision of this Order other than the provisions of sub-paragraph (d) of Article 4 to have that drug in his possession,

unless that person produces to the supplier a statement in writing signed by the recipient to the effect that he is empowered by the recipient to receive that drug on behalf of the recipient, and the supplier is reasonably satisfied that the document is a genuine document.

(2)     Where a person (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as “the supplier”) supplies a controlled drug, otherwise than on a prescription or by way of administration, to any of the persons specified in paragraph (3) of this Article, the supplier shall not deliver the drug–

(a)    until he has obtained a requisition in writing which –

(i)      is signed by the person to whom the drug is supplied (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as “the recipient”);

(ii)     states the name, address and profession or occupation of the recipient;

(iii)    specifies the purpose for which the drug supplied is required and the total quantity to be supplied; and

(iv)    where appropriate, satisfies the requirements of paragraph (4) of this Article;

(b)    unless he is reasonably satisfied that the signature is that of the person purporting to have signed the requisition and that that person is engaged in the profession or occupation specified in the requisition.

(3)     The persons referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article are–

(a)    a practitioner;

(b)    the nursing officer or acting nursing officer of a hospital or nursing home;

(c)    a person who is in charge of a laboratory the recognized activities of which consists in, or include, the conduct of scientific education or research;

(d)    the owner of a ship, or the master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of her complement;

(e)    the master of a foreign ship in a port in the Island.

(4)     A requisition furnished for the purposes of paragraph (2) of this Article shall –

(a)    where furnished by the nursing officer or acting nursing officer of a hospital or nursing home, be signed by a doctor or dentist employed or engaged in that hospital or nursing home;

(b)    where furnished by the master of a foreign ship, contain a statement, signed by the medical officer, that the quantity of the drug to be supplied is the quantity necessary for the equipment of the ship.

(5)     Where the person responsible for the dispensing and supply of medicines at any hospital or nursing home supplies a controlled drug to the sister or acting sister for the time being in charge of any ward, theatre or other department in that hospital or nursing home (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as “the recipient”) he shall –

(a)    obtain a requisition in writing, signed by the recipient, which specifies the total quantity of the drug to be supplied; and

(b)    mark the requisition in such manner as to show that it has been complied with,

and any requisition obtained for the purposes of this paragraph shall be retained in the dispensary at which the drug was supplied and a copy of the requisition or a note of it shall be retained or kept by the recipient.

(6)     Nothing in this Article shall have effect in relation to drugs specified in the First Schedule or to poppy- straw.

 

FORM OF PRESCRIPTIONS

12.-(1)  Subject to the provisions of this Article, a person shall not issue a prescription containing a controlled drug other than a drug specified in the First Schedule unless the prescription complies with the following requirements, that is to say, it shall –

(a)    be in ink or otherwise so as to be indelible and be signed by the person issuing it with his usual signature and dated by him;

(b)    insofar as it specifies the information required by sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) of this paragraph to be specified, be written by the person issuing it in his own handwriting;

(c)    except in the case of a health prescription, specify the address of the person issuing it;

(d)    have written thereon, if issued by a dentist, the words “for dental treatment only” and, if issued by a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner, the words “for animal treatment only”;

(e)    specify the name and address of the person for whose treatment it is issued or, if it is issued by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner, of the person to whom the controlled drug prescribed is to be delivered;

(f)     specify the dose to be taken and –

(i)      in the case of a prescription containing a controlled drug which is a preparation, the form and, where appropriate, the strength of the preparation, and either the total quantity (in both words and figures) of the preparation or the number (in both words and figures) of dosage units, as appropriate, to be supplied;

(ii)     in any other case, the total quantity (in both words and figures) of the controlled drug to be supplied;

(g)    in the case of a prescription for a total quantity intended to be dispensed by instalments, contain a direction specifying the amount of the instalments of the total amount which may be dispensed and the intervals to be observed when dispensing.

(2)     For the purposes of this Article the dosage, strength and quantity of a drug shall be specified in the metric system.

 

PROVISIONS AS TO SUPPLY ON PRESCRIPTION

13.-(1)  A person shall not supply a controlled drug other than a drug specified in the First Schedule on a prescription –

(a)    unless the prescription complies with the provisions of Article 12;

(b)    unless the address specified in the prescription as the address of the person issuing it is an address within the Bailiwick;

(c)    unless he either is acquainted with the signature of the person by whom it purports to be issued and has no reason to suppose that it is not genuine, or has taken reasonably sufficient steps to satisfy himself that it is genuine;

(d)    before the date specified in the prescription;

(e)    subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Article, later than four weeks after the date specified in the prescription.

(2)     Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Article, a person dispensing a prescription containing a controlled drug other than a drug specified in the First Schedule shall, at the time of dispensing it, mark thereon the date on which it is dispensed and, unless it is a health prescription, shall retain it on the premises on which it was dispensed.

(3)     In the case of a prescription containing a controlled drug other than a drug specified in the First Schedule, which contains a direction that specified instalments of the total amount may be dispensed at stated intervals, the person dispensing it shall not supply the drug otherwise than in accordance with that direction and –

(a)    paragraph (1) of this Article shall have effect as if for the requirement contained in sub-paragraph (e) thereof there were substituted a requirement that the occasion on which the first instalment is dispensed shall not be later than four weeks after the date specified in the prescription;

(b)    paragraph (2) of this Article shall have effect as if for the words “at the time of dispensing it” there were substituted the words “on each occasion on which an instalment is dispensed”.

 

MARKING OF BOTTLES AND OTHER CONTAINERS

14.-(1)  Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article, no person shall supply a controlled drug otherwise than in a bottle, package or other container which is plainly marked –

(a)    in the case of a controlled drug other than a preparation, with the amount of the drug contained therein;

(b)    in the case of a controlled drug which is a preparation –

(i)      made up into tablets, capsules or other dosage units, with the amount of each component (being a controlled drug) of the preparation in each dosage unit and the number of dosage units in the bottle, package or other container;

(ii)     not made up as aforesaid, with the total amount of the preparation in the bottle, package or other container and the percentage of each of its components which is a controlled drug.

(2)     Nothing in this Article shall have effect in relation to the drugs specified in the First Schedule or to poppy-straw or in relation to the supply of a controlled drug by or on the prescription of a practitioner.

 

KEEPING OF REGISTERS

15.-(1)  Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Article and of Article 17, every person authorised by or under Article 3 or 6 to supply any drug specified in the Second or Fourth Schedule shall comply with the following requirements, that is to say –

(a)    he shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Article and of Article 16, keep a register and shall enter therein in chronological sequence in the form specified in Part I or Part II of the Fifth Schedule, as the case may require, or in such other form as may be approved in writing by the Committee, particulars of every quantity of a drug specified in the Second or Fourth Schedule obtained by him and of every quantity of such a drug supplied (whether by way of administration or otherwise) by him whether to persons within or outside the Bailiwick;

(b)    he shall use a separate register or separate part of the register for entries made in respect of each class of drug, and each of the drugs specified in paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of the Second Schedule and paragraphs 1 and 3 of the Fourth Schedule together with its salts, and any preparation or other product containing it or any of its salts shall be treated as a separate class, so however that any stereoisomeric form of a drug or its salts shall be classed with that drug.

(2)     The foregoing provisions of this Article shall not have effect in relation to –

(a)    a person licensed under Article 3 to supply any drug, where the licence so directs; or

(b)    the sister or acting sister for the time being in charge of a ward, theatre or other department in a hospital or nursing home.

 

REQUIREMENTS AS TO REGISTERS

16.          Any person required to keep a register under Article 15 shall comply with the following requirements, that is to say –

(a)    the class of drugs to which the entries on any page of any such register relate shall be specified at the head of that page;

(b)    every entry required to be made under Article 15 in such a register shall be made on the day on which the drug is obtained or, as the case may be, on which the transaction in respect of the supply of the drug by the person required to make the entry takes place or, if that is not reasonably practicable, on the day next following that day;

(c)    no cancellation, obliteration or alteration of any such entry shall be made, and a correction of such an entry shall be made only by way of marginal note or footnote which shall specify the date on which the correction is made;

(d)    every such entry and every correction of such an entry shall be made in ink or otherwise so as to be indelible;

(e)    such a register shall not be used for any purpose other than the purposes of this Order;

(f)     the person so required to keep such a register shall on demand made by the Committee or by any person authorised in writing by the Committee in that behalf –

(i)      furnish such particulars as may be requested in respect of the obtaining or supplying by him of any drug specified in the Second or Fourth Schedule, or in respect of any stock of such drugs in his possession;

(ii)     for the purpose of confirming any such particulars, produce any stock of such drugs in his possession;

(iii)    produce the said register and such other books or documents in his possession relating to any dealings in drugs specified in the Second or Fourth Schedule as may be requested;

(g)    a separate register shall be kept in respect of each premises at which the person required to keep the register carries on his business or occupation, but subject to that not more than one register shall be kept at one time in respect of each class of drug in respect of which he is required to keep a separate register, so, however, that & separate register may, with the approval of the Committee in writing, be kept in respect of each department of the business carried on by him;

(h)    every such register in which entries are currently being made shall be kept at the premises to which it relates.

 

RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS IN PARTICULAR CASES

17.-(1)  Where a drug specified in the Second Schedule is supplied in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4) of Article 6 to a member of the crew of a ship, an entry in the official log book required to be kept under the Merchant Shipping Acts or, in the case of a ship which is not required to carry such an official log book, a report signed by the master of the ship, shall, notwithstanding anything in this Order be a sufficient record of the supply if the entry or report specifies the drug supplied and, in the case of a report, it is delivered as soon as may be to the Medical Officer.

(2)     A midwife authorised by Article 9 to have pethidine in her possession shall –

(a)    on each occasion on which she obtains a supply of pethidine, enter in a book kept by her and used solely for the purposes of this paragraph the date, name and address of the person from whom the drug was obtained, the amount obtained and the form in which it was obtained; and

(b)    on administering pethidine to a patient, enter in the said book as soon as practicable the name and address of the patient, the amount administered and the form in which it was administered.

 

PRESERVATION OF REGISTERS, BOOKS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

18.-(1)  All registers and books required to be kept in pursuance of Article 15 or paragraph (2) of Article 17 shall be preserved for a period of five years from the date on which the last entry therein is made.

(2)     Every requisition, order or prescription (other than a health prescription) on which a controlled drug is supplied in pursuance of this Order shall be preserved for a period of two years from the date on which the last delivery under it was made.

 

PRESERVATION OF RECORDS RELATING TO FIRST SCHEDULE DRUGS

19.-(1)  A producer of any drug specified in the First Schedule and a wholesale dealer in any such drug shall keep every invoice or other like record issued in respect of each quantity of such a drug obtained by him and in respect of each quantity of such a drug supplied by him.

(2)     A retail dealer in any drug specified in the First Schedule shall keep every invoice or other like record issued in respect of each quantity of such a drug obtained by him.

(3)     Every document kept in pursuance of this Article shall be preserved for a period of two years from the date on which it was issued:

Provided that the keeping of a copy of the document made at any time during the said period of two years shall be treated for the purposes of this paragraph as if it were the keeping of the original document.

PART IV

MISCELLANEOUS

 

DESTRUCTION OF CONTROLLED DRUGS

20.-(1)  No person who is required by any provision of, or by any term or condition of a licence having effect under this Order to keep records with respect to a drug specified in the Second or Fourth Schedule shall destroy such a drug or cause such a drug to be destroyed except in the presence of and in accordance with any directions given by a person authorised (whether personally or as a member of a class) for the purposes of this paragraph by the Committee (hereafter in this Article referred to as an “authorised person”).

(2)     An authorised person may, for the purpose of analysis, take a sample of any drug specified in the Second or Fourth Schedule which is to be destroyed.

(3)     Where a drug specified in the Second or Fourth Schedule is destroyed in pursuance of paragraph (1) of this Article by or at the instance of a person who is required by any provision of, or by any term or condition of a licence having effect under this Order to keep a record in respect of the obtaining or supply of that drug, that record shall include particulars of the date of destruction and the quantity destroyed and shall be signed by the authorised person in whose presence the drug is destroyed.

(4)     Where the master or owner of a ship has in his possession a drug specified in the Second Schedule which he no longer requires, he shall not destroy the drug or cause it to be destroyed but shall dispose of it to a police officer or to a person who may lawfully supply it.

 

SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

21.-(1)  Any licence for the purposes of paragraph (1) of Article 8 of the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) (Jersey) Law, 196513 (which makes it an offence to cultivate any cannabis plant except under licence) and in force immediately before the repeal of that Law shall continue in force for the same period of time as if that Law had not been repealed and shall have effect as if it had been issued for the purposes of Article 10.

(2)     Any licence issued for the purposes of any provision of the Dangerous Drugs (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order, 196614 (hereafter referred to as “the Order of 1966”) and in force immediately before the repeal of the said Law of 1965 shall, insofar as it authorises any person to do anything which could be authorised by a licence issued under Article 3, continue in force for the same period of time as if that Law had not been repealed and shall have effect as if it had been issued for the purposes of Article 3 of this Order.

(3)     Any register, record book, prescription or other document required to be preserved under the Order of 1966 shall, notwithstanding the repeal of the said Law of 1965, be preserved for the same period of time as if that Law had not been repealed.

(4)     In the case of a prescription issued before the coming into operation of this Order, paragraph (1) of Article 13 of this Order shall have effect as if –

(a)    in the case of a prescription containing a controlled drug specified in the Schedule to the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) (Jersey) Law, 1964,15 immediately before the repeal of that Law, sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of that paragraph were omitted; and

(b)    in any other case, for the said sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there were substituted the words “unless the prescription complies with the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order, 1966 relating to prescriptions”.

PART V

CITATION AND COMMENCEMENT

 

CITATION AND COMMENCEMENT

22.-(1)  This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order, 1980.

(2)     This Order shall come into force on the first day of May, 1980.

By Order of the Public Health Committee,

 

E.J.M. POTTER,

 

Greffier of the States

17th March, 1980.


SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

(Articles 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 19)

CONTROLLED DRUGS EXCEPTED FROM THE PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND POSSESSION AND SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 19

1.-(1)  Any preparation of one or more of the substances to which this paragraph applies, not being a preparation designed for administration by injection, when compounded with one or more other active or inert ingredients and containing a total of not more than 100 milligrammes of the substance or substances (calculated as base) per dosage unit and with a total concentration of not more than 2.5 per cent. (calculated as base) in undivided preparations.

(2)     The substances to which this paragraph applies are acetyldihydrocodeine, codeine, dihydrocodeine, ethyl-morphine, nicocodine, nicodicodine (6-nicotinoyl-dihydrocodeine), norcodeine, pholcodine and their respective salts.

2.             Any preparation of cocaine containing not more than 0.1 per cent. of cocaine calculated as cocaine base, being a preparation compounded with one or more other active or inert ingredients in such a way that the cocaine cannot be recovered by readily applicable means or in a yield which would constitute a risk to health.

3.             Any preparation of medicinal opium or of morphine containing (in either case) not more than 0.2 per cent. of morphine calculated as anhydrous morphine base, being a preparation compounded with one or more other active or inert ingredients in such a way that the opium or, as the case may be, the morphine, cannot be recovered by readily applicable means or in a yield which would constitute a risk to health.

4.             Any preparation of diphenoxylate containing, per dosage unit, not more than 2.5 milligrammes of diphenoxylate calculated as base, and a quantity of atropine sulphate equivalent to at least 1 per cent. of the dose of diphenoxylate.

5.             Any powder of ipecacuanha and opium comprising–

 

10 per cent. opium, in powder,

10 per cent. ipecacuanha root, in powder,

well mixed with

80 per cent. of any other powdered ingredient containing no controlled drug.

6.             The following substances, namely –

 

Methohexitone sodium

Phenobarbitone

Phenobarbitone sodium

Thiopentone sodium

and any preparation containing any of the above substances.

7.             Any mixture containing one or more of the preparations specified in paragraphs 1 to 6, being a mixture of which none of the other ingredients is a controlled drug.

8.             Any preparation of a substance to which paragraph 9 applies, not being a preparation designed for administration by injection, when compounded with one or more active ingredients and containing not more than 10 milligrammes of substance per unit dosage, or, in the case of a preparation for rectal administration, not more than 100 milligrammes of substance per unit dosage.

9.             The substances to which paragraph 8 applies are–

 

Amylobarbitone

Butalbital

Secbutobarbitone.

 


SECOND SCHEDULE

(Articles 5, 6, 8, 15, 17 and 20)

CONTROLLED DRUGS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLES 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 AND 20

1.             The following substances and products, namely –

 

Acetorphine.

Hydrocodone.

Allylprodine.

Hydromorphinol.

Alphacetylmethadol.

Hydromorphone.

Alphameprodine.

Hydroxypethidine.

Alphamethadol.

Isomethadone.

Alphaprodine.

Ketobemidone.

Anileridine.

Levomethorphan.

Benzethidine.

Levomoramide.

Benzylmorphine (3-benzyl-morphine).

Levophenacylmorphan.

Levorphanol.

Betacetylmethadol.

Medicinal opium.

Betameprodine.

Metazocine.

Betamethadol.

Methadone.

Betaprodine.

Methadyl acetate.

Bezitramide.

Methyldesorphine.

Clonitazene.

Methyldihydromorphine (6-methyldihyromorphine).

Cocaine.

Desomorphine.

Metopon.

Dextromoramide.

Morpheridine.

Diamorphine.

Morphine.

Diampromide.

Morphine methobromide, morphine N-oxide and other pentavelent nitrogen morphine derivatives.

Diethylthiambutene.

Dihydrocodeinone O-carboxymethyloxime.

Dihydromorphine.

Myrophine.

Dimenoxadole.

Nicomorphine.

Dimepheptanol.

Noracymethadol.

Dimethylthiambutene.

Norlevorphanol.

Dioxaphetyl butyrate.

Normethadone.

Diphenoxylate.

Normorphine.

Dipipanone.

Norpipanone.

Drotebanol (3, 4-dimethoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6b, 14-diol).

Oxycodone.

Oxymorphone.

Ecgonine, and any derivative of ecgonine which is convertible to ecgonine or to cocaine.

Pethidine.

Phenadoxone.

Ethylmethylthiambutene.

Phenampromide.

Etonitazene.

Phenazocine.

Etorphine.

Phencyclidine.

Etoxeridine.

Phenomorphan.

Fentanyl.

Phenoperidine.

Furethidine.

Piminodine.

Proheptazine.

4-Cyano-1-methyl-4-phenyl-piperidine.

Properidine.

Racemethorphan.

1-Methyl-4-phenyl-piperidine-4-carboxylic acid.

Racemoramide.

Racemorphan.

 

Thebacon.

2-Methyl-3-morpholino-1, 1-diphenylpropane-carboxylic acid.

Thebaine.

Trimeperidine.

4-Cyano-2-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenylbutane.

4-Phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester.

 

2.             Any stereoisomeric form of a substance specified in paragraph 1 not being dextromethorphan or dextrorphan.

3.             Any ester or ether of a substance specified in paragraph 1 or 2, not being a substance specified in paragraph 5.

4.             Any salt of a substance specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 3.

5.             The following substances and products, namely–

 

Acetyldihyrocodeine.

Amphetamine.

Codeine.

Dexamphetamine.

Dihydrocodeine.

Ethylmorphine (3-ethylmorphine).

Methaqualone.

Methylamphetamine.

Methylphenidate.

Nicocodine.

Nicodicodine (6-nicotinoyldihydrocodeine).

Norcodeine.

Phenmetrazine.

Pholcodine.

Propiram.

6.             Any stereoisomeric form of a substance specified in paragraph 5.

7.             Any salt of a substance specified in paragraph 5 or 6.

8.             Any preparation or other product containing a substance or product specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 7, not being a preparation specified in the First Schedule.


THIRD SCHEDULE

(Articles 5, 7 and 8)

 

CONTROLLED DRUGS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLES 11, 12, 13 AND 14

1.             The following substances, namely–

 

Benzphetamine.

Chlorphentermine.

Mephentermine.

Phendimetrazine.

Pipradrol.

2.             Any 5,5 disubstituted barbituric acid.

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

4.             Any salt of a substance specified in paragraphs 1, 2 or 3.

5.             Any preparation or other product containing a substance specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 4, not being a preparation specified in the First Schedule.


FOURTH SCHEDULE

(Articles 15 and 20)

 

CONTROLLED DRUGS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLES 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 AND 20

1.             The following substances and products, namely–

(a)    Bufotenine

Cannabinol

Cannabinol derivatives

Cannabis and cannabis resin

Coca leaf

Concentrate of poppy-straw

Lysergamide

Lysergide and other N-alkyl derivatives of lysergamide

Mescaline

Psilocin

Raw opium

4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxy-a-methylphenethylamine

N, N-Diethyltryptamine

N, N-Dimethyltryptamine

2,5-Dimethoxy-a, 4-dimethylphenethylamine

(b)    any compound (not being a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from tryptamine or from a ring-hydroxy tryptamine by substitution at the nitrogen atom of the sidechain with one or more alkyl substituents but no other substituent;

(c)    any compound (not being methoxyphenamine or a compound for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (a) above) structurally derived from phenethylamine, an N-alkylphenethylamine, a-methylphenethylamine, an Nalkyl-a-methyl-phenethylamine, a-ethylphenethylamine, or an N-alkyl-a-ethylphenethylamine by substitution in the ring to any extent with alky, alkoxy, alkylenedioxy or halide substituents, whether or not further substituted in the ring by one or more other univalent substituents.

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 salt of a substance specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 3.

5.             Any preparation or other product containing a substance or product specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 4, not being a preparation specified in the First Schedule.


FIFTH SCHEDULE

(Article 15)

 

FORM OF REGISTER

PART I

 

Entries to be made in case of obtaining drugs

 

Date on which supply received

Name

Address

Amount obtained

Form in
which obtained

of person or firm from whom obtained

 

 

 

 

 

 


PART II

 

Entries to be made in case of supply of drugs

 

Date on which the transaction was effected

Name

Address

Particulars as to licence or authority of person or firm supplied to be in possession

Amount supplied

Form in which supplied

of person or firm supplied

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



1        Recueil des Lois, Volume 1975–1978, pages 452, 453, 455, 456, 464 and 466.

2        Recueil des Lois, Tomes IV–VI, page 556.

3        Recueil des Lois, Volume 1966–1967, page 535, Volume 1968–1969, pages 1 and 663, Volume 1970–1972, page 163 and Volume 1973–1974, pages 57 and 366.

4        Recueil des Lois, Volume 1975–1978, page 449.

5        Recueil des Lois, Tome VII, page 117.

6        Recueil des Lois, Volume 1951–1953, page 326, Volume 1954–1956, page 216 and Volume 1957–1960, page 389.

7        Recueil des Lois, Volume 1966–1967, page 146.

8        Recueil des Lois, Volume 1966–1967, page 141.

9        Recueil des Lois, Volume 1951–1953, page 359.

10      Recueil des Lois, Volume 1966–1967, page 146.

11      Recueil des Lois, Volume 1966–1967, page 141.

12      Recueil des Lois, Volume 1951–1953, page 359.

13      Recueil des Lois, Volume 1963–1965, page 515.

14      No. 4779.

15      See No. 5492.


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