26c. 38
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
- “dentist” means a person registered in the dentists register under the 1957 c. 28.Dentists Act 1957;
- “doctor” means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Acts 1956 to 1969;
- “enactment” includes an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;
- “person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business”, subject to subsection (5) below, means a person lawfully conducting such a business in accordance with section 69 of the 1968 c. 67.Medicines Act 1968;
- “pharmacist” has the same meaning as in the Medicines Act 1968;
- “practitioner” (except in the expression “veterinary practitioner”) means a doctor, dentist, veterinary practitioner or veterinary surgeon;
- “prepared opium” means opium prepared for smoking and includes dross and any other residues remaining after opium has been smoked;
- “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act;
- “produce”, where the reference is to producing a controlled drug, means producing it by manufacture, cultivation or any other method, and “production” has a corresponding meaning;
- “supplying” includes distributing;
- “veterinary practitioner” means a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register kept under section 8 of the 1966 c. 36.Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966;
- “veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons kept under section 2 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.
(2) References in this Act to misusing a drug are references to misusing it by taking it; and the reference in the foregoing provision to the taking of a drug is a reference to the taking of it by a human being by way of any form of self-administration, whether or not involving assistance by another.
(3) For the purposes of this Act the things which a person has in his possession shall be taken to include any thing subject to his control which is in the custody of another.
(4) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.
