Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act 2017

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Disapplication of sections 3, 19 and 21 of Act of 1977

10. (1) Subsections (1) and (2) of section 3 of the Act of 1977 do not apply to an authorised user.

(2) Section 19(1)(e) of the Act of 1977, in so far as it relates to the preparation or production for immediate personal consumption by injection of a controlled drug by an authorised user, and section 19(1)(i) of the Act of 1977, do not apply to a licence holder who knowingly permits or suffers the preparation or production for immediate personal consumption by injection or the possession of a controlled drug, in a supervised injecting facility by an authorised user.

(3) Section 21(2) of the Act of 1977, in so far as it relates to the possession, preparation or production of a controlled drug for immediate personal consumption by injection does not apply to an authorised user.