107 1967/30

THE NARCOTICS ORDER 1967

BERNARD FERGUSSON, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 6th day of March 1967 Present: THE RIGHT HON. KEITH HOLYOAKE, C.H., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL PURSUANT to the Narcotics Act 1965, His Exce.llency the Governor­ General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER 1. (1) This order may be cited as the Narcotics Order 1967. (2) This order shall come into force on the seventh day after the date of its notification in the. Gazette. 2. The First Schedule to the Narcotics Act 1965 is hereby amended by inserting in clause 1, in their appropriate alphabetical order, the following names of substances: "ACETORPHINE (3-0 acetyltetrahydro-7 alpha- (1-hydroxy-1-methyl­ butyl) -6, 14-endoetheno-oripavine). "ETORPHINE (tetrahydro-7. alpha-(1-hydroxy-l-methylbutyl)-6, 14- endoetheno-oripavine) . "NICODICODINE (6-nicotinyldihydrocodeine)." 3. The First Schedule to the Narcotics Act 1965 is hereby further amended- (a) By omitting from clause 1 the words "PHOLCODEINE (morpholinylethylmorphine)", and substituting the words "PHOLCODINE (morpholinylethylmorphine)": (b) By omitting from paragraph (a) of clause 6 the word "phol­ codeine", and substituting the word "pholcodine". T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council 108 Narcotics Order 1967 1967/30

EXPLANATORY NOTE This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect. This order amends the Narcotics Act 1965 by adding acetorphine, etorphine, and nicodicodine 'to the l]st of narcotics set out in the First Schedule to that Act. The order also corrects the spelling of the name of the drug "pholcodine".

Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 9 March 1967. These regulations are administered in the Department of Health.