Production and supply of drugs in Schedules III and IV

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1)(b) 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 III or IV; IV. (b) a person lawfully engaged in the sale of drugs in accordance with section 22 of the Chemists and Druggists Act and acting in his capacity as such may, at the place where he carries on business, manufacture or compound any drug specified in Schedule III or IV; CAP. 311. IV. 18 Misuse of Drugs (c) a person who is authorised by a written authority issued by the Minister under and for the purposes of this paragraph and for the time being in force may, at the premises specified in the authority and in compliance with any conditions so specified, produce any drug specified in Schedule III or IV. IV. CAP. 103. (2) Notwithstanding the provision 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; (d) a public analyst appointed under the Public Health Act; (e) a sampling officer within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act; (f) a sampling officer within the meaning of the Medical Service and Institutions Act; (g) 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; or Misuse of Drugs 19 (h) 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 III or IV to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession. IV. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1)(b) of the ActCAP. 103. (a) a person who is authorised 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; (b) a person in charge or an acting person in charge of a hospital, nursing home, or drug rehabilitation centre; (c) in the case of a drug supplied to him or her by a person responsible for the dispensing and supply of medicines at a hospital, nursing home or drug rehabilitation centre, 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, may, when acting in his capacity as such, supply or offer to supply any drug specified in Schedule III or any drug specified in Schedule IV which is contained in any medicinal product to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession, IV. provided that nothing in this subregulation authorises20 Misuse of Drugs (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; (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. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1)(b) of the Act– (a) a person who is authorised by a written authority issued by the Minister under and for the purposes of this paragraph and for the time being in force may, at the premises specified in that authority and in compliance with any conditions so specified, supply or offer to supply any drug specified in Schedule III or IV to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession; and IV. (b) a person who is authorised under subregulation (1)(c) above may supply or offer to supply any drug which he may, by virtue of being so authorised, lawfully supply to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession. CAP. 103. (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1)(b) of the ActMisuse of Drugs 21 (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 III or Schedule IV which is contained in a medicinal productIV. (i) for the purpose of compliance with any of the provisions specified in Regulation 8(6) above to any person on that ship or installation; or (ii) to any person who may lawfully supply that drug to him. (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(1)(b) of the Act, a person in charge of a laboratory may, when acting in his capacity as such, supply or offer to supply any drug specified in Schedule III which is required for use as a buffering agent in chemical analysis to any person who may lawfully have that drug in his possession. CAP. 103.