Criminal Law Legislation Update

AuthorJoanne Clough
DOI10.1177/0022018316689149
Published date01 February 2017
Date01 February 2017
CLJ689149 3..4 The Journal of Criminal Law
2017, Vol. 81(1) 3–4
Criminal Law Legislation Update
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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...

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