S.L. 31.18 Art. 3Importation, etc., of restricted drugs to be specially authorised.

(1) No person may import, manufacture, export, purchase, sell, use or be in possession of any restricted drug without a special authorisation in writing by the Superintendent.

(2) The Superintendent shall not grant a special authorisation to use any restricted drug except in special cases for scientific or very limited medical purposes inside medical or scientific establishments under government control or specifically approved by the Superintendent, who shall have the power to impose in any authorisation any conditions and requirements he may deem fit to impose with a view to safeguard against abuse.

(3) The Superintendent may at any time, without giving any reason whatsoever, withdraw any authorisation granted by him under sub-regulation (1) of this regulation.

(4) Any person who has been authorised in accordance with sub-regulation (1) of this regulation shall keep such registers as shall be necessary in accordance with the Third Schedule to these Regulations in relation to the manufacture, acquisition and/or disposal of restricted drugs, in which registers there shall be entered the details relative to such drugs. Each entry shall be signed, by the person authorised under sub-regulation (1), within twenty-four hours of any transaction or process, and any such register shall be preserved and kept available for inspection by the Superintendent or his representative for at least two years after the date of the last entry recorded therein.

(5) Any entry in the register shall be made in ink or other indelible material and shall be entered on the same day in which the transaction, administration or process is effected, or, when this is not possible, on the next following day.

(6) Any register used or in use with regard to one particular premises shall not be used also with regard to any other premises or for any purpose other than of this regulation.

(7) No entry in the register referred to in the last preceding sub-regulations of this regulation shall be cancelled, obliterated or altered or shall be entered with some untrue particulars: Provided that if any mistake is committed in any entry, such mistake shall be corrected by means of a note in the margin or at the foot of the page, which note shall contain the correction required and the date of the note.

(8) No person may dispose of any restricted drug except to persons specially authorised to possess or use such drugs.