Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006
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PART 2 Amendment of Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 | ||
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Amendment of section 1 of Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (interpretation). |
3.— Section 1 (1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 ) is amended— | |
(a) by inserting the following before the definition of “cannabis”: | ||
“ ‘ business ’ includes a profession;”, | ||
(b) by inserting the following after the definition of “forged prescription”: | ||
“ ‘ Irish Medicines Board ’ means the Irish Medicines Board established under section 3 of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 ;”, | ||
(c) in the definition of “practitioner”, by substituting “, a registered veterinary surgeon and a registered nurse” for “and a registered veterinary surgeon”, and | ||
(d) by inserting the following after the definition of “registered medical practitioner”: | ||
“ ‘ registered nurse ’ means a person whose name is entered in the register of nurses maintained by An Bord Altranais under section 27 of the Nurses Act 1985 ;”. |