{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-court-services-act-2000/section-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-court-services-act-2000/section-70.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/43",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-court-services-act-2000",
  "path": "section/70",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Interpretation, etc.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“Class A drug” and “ Class B drug” have the same meaning as in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971,\n“specified”, in relation to a Class A drug or Class B drug, means specified by an order made by the Secretary of State,\n“trigger offence” has the meaning given by Schedule 6.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 6 so as to add, modify or omit any description of offence.\n(3) In this Part (except in section 69), references to release include temporary release.\n(4) In section 163 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (general definitions), at the appropriate places there are inserted—\n““specified Class A drug” has the same meaning as in Part III of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000”,\n““trigger offence” has the same meaning as in Part III of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000”.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 70(1) substituted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), ss. 11(3)(a), 22(1) (with Sch. 7 para. 6); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 70(1) inserted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), ss. 11(3)(b), 22(1) (with Sch. 7 para. 6); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 70(1) omitted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 183(6)(a)(i), 255(1)(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 70(2) omitted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 183(6)(a)(ii), 255(1)(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 70(4) omitted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 183(6)(a)(ii), 255(1)(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 70(5) repealed (30.11.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 4 para. 70, Sch. 28 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 27 paras. 1, 5); S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2(p)(xiii)(u)(xxix)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2000 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 70 wholly in force at 2.7.2001; s. 70 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 80; s. 70 in force for specified purposes at 20.6.2001 and 2.7.2001 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 2001/2232, art. 2(j)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/section/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:22.078398+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}