{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/schedule-8/part-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/schedule-8/part-II.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/8/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "Increase of Fines for Certain Misuse of Drugs Offences",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nEnactment creating offence\nPenalty enactment\nOld maximum fine\nNew maximum fine\nMISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1971 (c. 38.)\nOffences under section 4(2) committed in relation to Class C drugs (production, or being concerned in the production of, a controlled drug).\nSchedule 4, column 6.\n£500\n£2,500\nOffences under section 4(3) committed in relation to Class C drugs (supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug or being concerned in the doing of either activity by another).\nSchedule 4, column 6.\n£500\n£2,500\nOffences under section 5(2) committed in relation to Class B drugs (having possession of a controlled drug).\nSchedule 4, column 5.\n£500\n£2,500\nOffences under section 5(2) committed in relation to Class C drugs (having possession of a controlled drug).\nSchedule 4, column 6.\n£200\n£1,000\nOffences under section 5(3) committed in relation to Class C drugs (having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply it to another).\nSchedule 4, column 6.\n£500\n£2,500\nOffences under section 8 committed in relation to Class C drugs (being the occupier, or concerned in the management, of premises and permitting or suffering certain activities to take place there).\nSchedule 4, column 6.\n£500\n£2,500\nOffences under section 12(6) committed in relation to Class C drugs (contravention of direction prohibiting practitioner etc. from possessing, supplying etc. controlled drugs).\nSchedule 4, column 6.\n£500\n£2,500\nOffences under section 13(3) committed in relation to Class C drugs (contravention of direction prohibiting practitioner etc. from prescribing, supplying etc. controlled drugs).\nSchedule 4, column 6.\n£500\n£2,500",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. II wholly in force at 3.2.1995; Sch. 8 Pt. II not in force at Royal Assent see s. 172; Sch. 8 Pt. II in force at 3.2.1995 subject to savings by S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/schedule/8/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:43.965785+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."
}