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The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Amendment) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/1365 · Made 27 May 2014

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Criminal Law, England And Wales

Made 27th May 2014

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001f1.

A draft of this Order was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 10A(3)f2 of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2001 c. 16.

f2

Section 10A was inserted in the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 by paragraph 11 of Schedule 23 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of section 1(1) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Amendment) Order 2014.

(2)

This Order shall come into force on the twenty eighth day after the day it is made.

2Amendment of section 1(1) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

In the Table in section 1(1) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001f1, after the entry relating to section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971f2 insert—

“

Section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 so far as relating to the following—

(a) khat (within the meaning given by Part 4 of Schedule 2 to that Act), or

(b) any preparation or other product containing khat.

Possession of khat or any preparation or other product containing khat

”

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Jeremy Wright

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

27th May 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Table in section 1(1) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) to add possession of khat and any preparation or other product containing khat as a further offence in respect of which a penalty notice may be given.