{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-and-excise-management-act-1979/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-and-excise-management-act-1979/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/2",
  "legislation_title": "Customs and Excise Management Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-and-excise-management-act-1979",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Section 50(4), 68(3) and 170(3) of this Act shall have effect in a case where the goods in respect of which the offence referred to in that subsection was committed were a Class A drug , Class B drug or a temporary class drug as if for the words from shall be liable onwards there were substituted the following words, that is to say—\n“shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a penalty of the prescribed sum£20,000 or of three times the value of the goods, whichever is the greater, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment—\n(i) where the goods were a Class A drug, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for life, or to both; and\n(ii) where they were a Class B drug or a temporary class drug, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, or to both.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted (15.11.2011) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 17 para. 21(a)(i); S.I. 2011/2515, art. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(23) (with reg. 5(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1: paragraph set out as para. (b) of ss. 50(4), 68(3) and 170(3) substituted by Controlled Drugs (Penalties) Act 1985 (c. 39, SIF 84), ss. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(b)(ii) inserted (15.11.2011) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 17 para. 21(a)(ii); S.I. 2011/2515, art. 3(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:19:19.216576+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."
}