S. 2 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 7
1971 c. 38.
1979 c. 2.
An Act to increase the penalties for certain offences relating to controlled drugs within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Life imprisonment for Class A drug offences.
In the entries in Schedule 4 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 showing the punishment which may be imposed where a Class A drug is involved on persons convicted of offences under sections 4(2), 4(3) and 5(3) of that Act (production, supply and possession with intent to supply) for “14 years" there shall be substituted “Life".
on conviction on indictment—
where the goods were a Class A drug, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for life, or to both; and
where they were a Class B drug, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, or to both.
Commencement.
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Short title and extent.
This Act may be cited as the Controlled Drugs (Penalties) Act 1985.
This Act extends to Northern Ireland.