Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

Amendment of section 17 of Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (prohibition of cultivation of opium poppy or cannabis plant).

8.— Section 17 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended by section 11 (1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 ) is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by inserting “for the production of opium” after “poppy”, and

(ii) by substituting “under section 14(1)” for “by the Minister”,

and

(b) in subsection (2), by inserting “for the production of opium” after “poppy”.