Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 s4(3)
It is an offence for
a person:
(a) to supply or offer to supply a controlled drug to another in contravention
of subsection (1) above, OR
(b) to be concerned in the supplying of such a drug to another in contravention
of that subsection, OR
(c) to be concerned in the making to another in contravention of that subsection
of an offer to supply such a drug.
Points to Prove:
(a)
Date & location
Supply/offered to supply
Controlled Drug
Class A/B/C
(b)
Date & location
Was concerned in
Supplying
Controlled drug
Class A/B/C
(c)
Date & location
Was concerned in making an offer
To supply
Controlled drug
Class A/B/C
Sentence:
Either Way
Class A – Life
Class B – 14 years
Class C – 14 years
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 s5(2)
It shall not be lawful for a person to have a controlled drug in their possession.
Points to Prove:
Date & location
Possess
Controlled drug of class A/B/C
Sentence:
Either Way
Class A – 7 years
Class B – 5 years
Class C – 2 years
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 s5(3)
It is an offence for a person to have a controlled drug in their possession, whether lawfully or not, with intent to supply it to another in contravention of section 4(1) of this Act.
Points to Prove:
Date & location
Possess
Drug/unspecified drug of class A/B/C
Intent to Supply
Sentence:
Either Way
Class A – Life
Class B – 14 years
Class C – 14 years
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 s8
A person commits an offence if, being the occupier or concerned in the management of any premises, they knowingly permit or suffer any of the following activities to take place on those premises, that is to say –
Producing or attempting to produce a controlled drug in contravention of section 4(1) of this Act;
Supplying or attempting to supply a controlled drug to another in contravention of section 4(1) of this Act, or offering to supply a controlled drug to another in contravention of section 4(1);
Preparing opium for smoking;
Smoking cannabis, cannabis resin or prepared opium.
Points to Prove:
Date & location
Being the occupier/concerned in managing of premises
Knowingly
Permitted/suffered to take place
On premises
One of the following
The production/attempted production, OR
Supplying/attempting to supply/offering to supply
To another
Class A/B/C drug, OR
The preparation of opium for smoking, OR
The smoking of cannabis, cannabis resin or prepared opium
Sentence:
Either Way
14 years
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 s4(2)
Subject to section 28 (defence of lack of knowledge) of this Act, it is an offence for a person-
To produce a controlled drug in contravention of subsection (1) above, OR
To be concerned in the production of such a drug in contravention of that subsection by another.
Points to Prove:
(a)
Date & location
Produced a controlled drug
Class A/B/C
(b)
Date & location
Concerned in the production
By another of
A controlled drug
Class A/B/C
Sentence:
Either Way
Class A – Life
Class B – 14 years
Class C – 14 years
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 s6
(1) Subject to any regulations under section 7 of this Act for the time being in force, it shall not be lawful for any person to cultivate any plant of the genius cannabis.
Subject to Section 28 of this Act, it is an offence to cultivate any such plant in contravention of section (1) above.
Points to Prove:
Date & location
Cultivation of cannabis plant(s) – a class B drug
Sentence:
Either Way
14 years
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 s23(2)
If a constable has
reasonable grounds to suspect that any person is in possession of a controlled
drug in contravention of this Act or of any regulations made there under, the
constable may -
(a) search that person, and detain them for the purposes of searching them;
(b) search any vehicle or vessel in which the constable suspects that the drug
may be found, and for the purpose require the person in control of the vehicle
or vessel to stop it;
(c) seize and detain, for the purposes of proceedings under this Act, anything
found in the course of the search, which appears to the constable to be evidence
of an offence under the Act.