SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Transitional and Saving Provisions

Continuing validity of prescription forms5

Notwithstanding the amendments made by paragraphs 50 and 58 of Schedule 2, a prescription form provided by a Primary Care Trust for the purposes of private prescribing (which may also be used for the purposes of issuing a health prescription) is to continue to be valid for the purposes of—

a

regulations 15(1)(aa), (1A) and (1B) and 16(1D) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 M1, and

b

regulations 15(1)(aa), (1A) and (1B) and 16(1D) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 M2.