Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act 2017

Regulations

12. (1) The Minister may by regulations provide for any matter for the purposes of giving full effect to this Act, including—

(a) application for a licence or for the renewal of such licence,

(b) eligibility of persons to apply to be the holder of a licence,

(c) criteria for assessing the suitability of premises proposed for a supervised injecting facility,

(d) the administration and clinical governance of supervised injecting facilities and matters connected therewith,

(e) the operation of supervised injecting facilities,

(f) the persons who may be considered to be eligible to be authorised users,

(g) such other consequential or ancillary matters as the Minister considers necessary for the proper functioning of supervised injecting facilities.

(2) The Minister may by regulations provide for any matter referred to as prescribed or to be prescribed.

(3) Every regulation made under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the regulation.