Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act 2017

Authorised user

7. (1) A licence holder, or the person in charge of a supervised injecting facility for the time being, may authorise a person, not being a person prescribed as being ineligible to be an authorised user, to be on the premises of a supervised injecting facility for the purpose of consuming drugs by injection.

(2) A person authorised by a licence holder or a person in charge of a supervised injecting facility for the time being, in accordance with subsection (1), is referred to in this Act as an authorised user when on the premises of a supervised injecting facility in accordance with the terms of the licence and such conditions (if any) as may be attached thereto.