2016/273
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
At Wellington this 21st day of November 2016
Present:Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
This order is made under section 4A(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
This order is the Misuse of Drugs (Classification and Presumption of Supply—25B-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe, and 25I-NBOMe) Order Commencement Order 2016.
The Misuse of Drugs (Classification and Presumption of Supply—25B-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe, and 25I-NBOMe) Order 2016 comes into force on 22 December 2016.
Michael Webster,Clerk of the Executive Council.
This order brings the Misuse of Drugs (Classification and Presumption of Supply—25B-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe, and 25I-NBOMe) Order 2016 into force on 22 December 2016. That order classifies 25B-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe, and 25I-NBOMe as Class B controlled drugs and specifies the level at which possession of those substances is presumed to be for supply.
Under section 4A(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, this commencement order may be made only after the Misuse of Drugs (Classification and Presumption of Supply—25B-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe, and 25I-NBOMe) Order 2016 has been approved by resolution of the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives approved that order on 8 September 2016.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 24 November 2016.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Health.