Article 2 Specified Class A drugs

For the purposes of section 70(1) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000^f1, the term “specified Class A drugs”^f2 means the substances and products specified in paragraphs 1 to 5 of Part 1 (Class A drugs) of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971^f3.

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f1: The specification also has effect, accordingly, for the purposes of section 3(6E) of, and paragraph 6B(3) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Bail Act 1976 (c. 63); section 63C(6) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60); section 256D(6) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44); section 19(3) of the Drugs Act 2005 (c. 17); paragraph 10ZB(2) of Schedule 1 to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23); and section 34A(7) of the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17) (which is not yet commenced). These provisions provide that specified Class A drugs, for the purposes set out in those provisions, have the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 2000 Act.
f2: Class A drug is defined in section 70(1) of 2000 Act to have the same meaning as in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38) (“the 1971 Act”). See section 2 of the 1971 Act for the definition of “Class A drug” under that Act.
f3: 1971 c. 38. Part I of Schedule 2 has been amended by section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 (c. 17) and S.I. 1973/771, 1975/421, 1977/1243, 1979/299, 1983/765, 1984/859, 1986/2230, 1990/2589, 1998/750, 2001/3932, 2003/1243, 2003/3201, 2006/3331, 2011/744, 2014/1106, 2014/3271, 2015/215 and 2017/634.