Schedule 1

FIRST SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(a)

EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO

PROVISIONS OF MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1973

1. In section 31(9) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, the reference in

paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant person” to any person discharged

from an approved institution does not include a reference to an inmate or a person

who was discharged from an approved institution in which he or she was detained

pursuant to section 19T of the Act.

2. Sections 34(3) to (5), 34A, 40A, 40B, 40C and 40D of the Misuse of Drugs

Act 1973 do not apply.

3. In section 38(2) and (3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, the reference to the

Director is to be read as a reference to the Chief Executive of the Health Sciences

Authority.