--- title: "The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2024" id: 2600bfed-2702-4374-b132-d6a59be88c7b authority: uk place: "United Kingdom" applies_also_from: [] kind: regulation in_force: true publisher_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/248 attribution: "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives." solon_url: https://solon.orangecat.ch/law/2600bfed-2702-4374-b132-d6a59be88c7b language: en in_force_from: 2024-03-19 date_basis: publisher status: consolidated source_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/248/data.xml read_on: 2026-11-10 sha256: bc27d15863be6f17430eb9120a29336782a8c0ebc74c45cadf01d6caca245f30 provisions: 5 --- # The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2024 ## Title and introductory text {#prelims} This Statutory Instrument supersedes S.I. 2024/239 which was laid before Parliament and published on 29th February 2024. It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. 2024 No. 248 Dangerous Drugs The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2024 Made at 10.00 a.m. on 29th February 2024 Laid before Parliament at 2.00 p.m. on 29th February 2024 Coming into force Regulations 1 and 4 19th March 2024 Remainder 20th March 2024 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(1), (4) and (5), 10(1) and 31(1)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. In accordance with sections 7(7) and 31(3) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1} (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2024. (2) These Regulations come into force as follows— (a) this regulation and regulation 4 come into force on 19th March 2024; and (b) the remaining regulations come into force on 20th March 2024. (3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland. ## 2 Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 {#regulation-2} (1) The following amendments are made to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. (2) In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1 (which specifies controlled drugs subject to the requirements of regulations 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26 and 27)— (a) after “Bromazolam (8-bromo-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]benzodiazepine)” insert “Brorphine”; (b) after “Bufotenine” insert “Butonitazene”; (c) after “Clonazolam (6-(2-Chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-8-nitro-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4] benzodiazepine)” insert “Clonitazene”; (d) after “Concentrate of poppy-straw” insert “Cumyl-PeGaClone”; (e) after “3-Dimethylheptyl-11-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol” insert— Diphenidine Ephenidine Ethyleneoxynitazene ; (f) after “Etizolam” insert— Etodesnitazene (etazene) Etonitazene ; (g) after “Flubromazolam (8-Bromo-6-(2-fluorophenyl)-1-methyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4] benzodiazepine)” insert “Flunitazene”; (h) after “Isopropylphenidate (IPP or IPPD)” insert “Isotonitazene”; (i) after “Methcathinone” insert “Methoxyphenidine”; (j) after “Metizolam (4-(2-Chlorophenyl)-2-ethyl-6H-thieno[3,2-f][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4] diazepine)” insert— Metodesnitazene (metazene) Metonitazene ; (k) after “Propylphenidate” insert “Protonitazene”; (l) after “1-Cyclohexyl-4-(1,2-diphenylethyl)piperazine (MT-45)” insert— N-Desethyl etonitazene N-Desethylisotonitazene N-Desethyl protonitazene ; (m) after “4-Methyl-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4,5-dihydrooxazol-2-amine (4,4’-DMAR)” insert— N-Piperidinyl-etonitazene (etonitazepipne) N-Pyrrolidino-etonitazene (etoniazepyne) N-Pyrrolidino protonitazene . (3) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (which specifies controlled drugs subject to the requirements of regulations 14, 15, 16, 16A, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26 and 27) omit “Clonitazene” and “Etonitazene”. (4) In paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 (which specifies controlled drugs subject to the requirements of regulations 22, 23, 26 and 27) after “Pyrovalerone” insert “Remimazolam”. ## 3 Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2015 {#regulation-3} (1) The following amendments are made to Schedule 1 to the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (England, Wales and Scotland) Order 2015 (which specifies controlled drugs to which section 7(4) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 applies). (2) In paragraph 1(a)— (a) after “Bromazolam (8-bromo-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]benzodiazepine)” insert “Brorphine”; (b) after “1,4-Butanediol” insert “Butonitazene”; (c) after “Clonazolam (6-(2-Chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-8-nitro-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4] benzodiazepine)” insert “Clonitazene”; (d) after “Concentrate of poppy-straw” insert “Cumyl-PeGaClone”; (e) after “Diclazepam (7-Chloro-5-(2-chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one)” insert— Diphenidine Ephenidine Ethyleneoxynitazene ; (f) after “Etizolam” insert— Etodesnitazene (etazene) Etonitazene ; (g) after “Flubromazolam (8-Bromo-6-(2-fluorophenyl)-1-methyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4] benzodiazepine)” insert “Flunitazene”; (h) after “Isopropylphenidate (IPP or IPPD)” insert “Isotonitazene”; (i) after “Methcathinone” insert “Methoxyphenidine”; (j) after “Metizolam (4-(2-Chlorophenyl)-2-ethyl-6H-thieno[3,2-f][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4] diazepine)” insert— Metodesnitazene (metazene) Metonitazene ; (k) after “Propylphenidate” insert “Protonitazene”; (l) after “1-Cyclohexyl-4-(1,2-diphenylethyl)piperazine (MT-45)” insert— N-Desethyl etonitazene N-Desethylisotonitazene N-Desethyl protonitazene ; (m) after “4-Methyl-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4,5-dihydrooxazol-2-amine (4,4’-DMAR)” insert— N-Piperidinyl-etonitazene (etonitazepipne) N-Pyrrolidino-etonitazene (etoniazepyne) N-Pyrrolidino protonitazene . ## 4 Revocation of the Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 {#regulation-4} The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 are revoked.