Vol. 149, No. 15 — July 29, 2015

Registration

SOR/2015-190 July 16, 2015

CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT

Order Amending Schedule I to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Tapentadol)

P.C. 2015-1080 July 16, 2015

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to section 60 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (see footnote a), deeming that it is necessary in the public interest, makes the annexed Order Amending Schedule I to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Tapentadol).

ORDER AMENDING SCHEDULE I TO THE CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT (TAPENTADOL)

AMENDMENT

1. Schedule I to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (see footnote 1) is amended by adding the following after item 21:

22. Tapentadol (3-[(1R,2R)-3-(dimethylamino)-1-ethyl-2-methylpropyl]-phenol), its salts, derivatives and isomers and salts of derivatives and isomers

COMING INTO FORCE

2. This Order comes into force 180 days after the day on which it is registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for this Order appears following SOR/2015-189, Regulations Amending the Narcotic Control Regulations (Tapentadol).