Production and supply of drugs in Schedules II and V

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1)(a) of the ActCAP. 103. (a) a practitioner or chemist and druggist acting in his capacity as such, may manufacture or compound any drug specified in Schedule II or V; and V. 14 Misuse of Drugs (b) a person lawfully engaged in the sale of drugs and acting in his capacity as such may, at the place at which he carries on business, manufacture or compound any drug specified in Schedule II or V. V. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1)(b) of the Act, any of the following persons, that is to say– (a) a practitioner; (b) a chemist and druggist; (c) a person lawfully engaged in the sale of drugs in accordance with the Chemists and Druggists Act; CAP. 311. (d) the person in charge or the acting person in charge of a hospital, nursing home or authorised drug rehabilitation centre which is wholly or mainly maintained by a public authority out of public funds or by a charity or by voluntary subscriptions; (e) in the case of a drug supplied to her by a person responsible for the dispensing and supply of medicines at a hospital, nursing home or drug rehabilitation center, the sister or nurse for the time being in charge of a ward, theatre or other department in such a hospital, nursing home or drug rehabilitation centre; (f) a person who is in charge of a laboratory the recognised activities of which consist in, or include, the conduct of scientific education or research and which is attached to a university, university college or such a hospital as Misuse of Drugs 15 aforesaid or to any other institution approved for the purpose under this paragraph by the Minister; (g) a public analyst appointed under the Public Health Act; CAP. 40. (h) a sampling officer within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act; CAP. 291. (i) a sampling officer within the meaning of the Medical Service and Institutions Act; CAP. 39. (j) a person employed or engaged in connection with a scheme for testing the quality or amount of the drugs, preparation and appliances supplied under the Medical Service and Institutions Act and the Regulations made thereunder; CAP. 39. (k) a person authorised by the Minister for the purposes of section 41 of the Chemists and Druggists Act, CAP. 311. may, when acting in his capacity as such, supply or offer to supply any drug specified in Schedule II or V to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession, V. provided that nothing in this subregulation authorises– (i) the person in charge or acting person in charge of a hospital, nursing home or drug rehabilitation centre, having a chemist and druggist responsible for the dispensing and supply of medicines, to supply or offer to supply any drug; 16 Misuse of Drugs (ii) a sister or nurse for the time being in charge of a ward, theatre or other department to any drug otherwise than for administration to a patient in that ward, theatre or department in accordance with the directions of a doctor or dentist. CAP. 103. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1)(b) of the Act, a person who is authorized as a member of a group may, under and in accordance with the terms of the group authority, and in compliance with any conditions attached thereto, supply or offer to supply any drug specified in Schedule II or V to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession. V. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1)(b) of the Act, a person who is authorised by a written authority issued by the Minister under and for the purposes of this subregulation and for the time being in force may, at the premises specified in the authority and in compliance with any conditions so specified, supply or offer to supply any drug specified in Schedule V to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession. CAP. 103. Schedule V. CAP. 103. (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1)(b) of the Act– (a) the owner of a ship, or the master of a ship, which does not carry a doctor among the seamen employed in it; or (b) the installation manager of an offshore installation, may supply or offer to supply any drug specified in Schedule II or VV. (i) for the purpose of compliance with any of the specified in Misuse of Drugs 17 subregulation (6) below to any person on that ship or installation; (ii) to any person who may lawfully supply that drug to him; or (iii) to any member of the Belize Police Force for the purpose of the destruction of that drug. (6) The provisions referred to in subregulation (5) above are any provisions of, or of any instrument which is in force under– (a) the Merchant Shipping Acts; and (b) the Petroleum Act. CAP. 225.