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Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986

1986 c. 32 · Enacted 8 July 1986 · Extends to United Kingdom

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F1An Act to make provision for the recovery of the proceeds of drug trafficking and other provision in connection with drug trafficking, to make provision about the supply of articles which may be used or adapted for use in the administration of controlled drugs or used to prepare a controlled drug for administration and to increase the number of assistant commissioners of police for the metropolis.

[8th July 1986]

C1C2Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

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Act except ss. 24(6), 32, 34, 40(1)(3)-(5) repealed (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 67, 69(2), Sch. 3

Modifications

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Act applied with modifications by S.I. 1989/485, arts. 3, 4 Schs. 1, 2

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Act modified by S.I. 1990/1199, arts. 3, 4, 5, Sch. 2

Contents

  1. Confiscation of proceeds of drug trafficking
  2. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 1A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  5. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  6. 3A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  8. 4A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 4B. Repealed
  10. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  11. 5A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. 5B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  13. 5C. Repealed
  14. Enforcement etc. of confiscation orders
  15. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  16. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  17. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  18. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  19. 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  20. 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  21. 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  22. 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  23. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  24. 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  25. 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  26. 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  27. 17A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  28. 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  29. 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  30. 19A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  31. 19B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  32. 19C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  33. 20–23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  34. Acquiring etc. property derived from drug trafficking
  35. 23A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  36. Offence of assisting drug traffickers
  37. 24Assisting another to retain the benefit of drug trafficking.
  38. 24A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  39. Enforcement of external orders
  40. 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  41. 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  42. 26A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  43. Offences in connection with money laundering
  44. 26B. Repealed
  45. 26C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  46. Investigations into drug trafficking
  47. 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  48. 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  49. 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  50. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  51. 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  52. 32Authorisation of delay in notifying arrest.
  53. 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  54. Drug administration kits etc.
  55. 34Prohibition of supply etc. of articles for administering or preparing controlled drugs.
  56. Miscellaneous and Supplemental
  57. 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  58. 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  59. 36A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  60. 36B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  61. 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  62. 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  63. 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  64. 40Short title, commencement and extent.

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24Assisting another to retain the benefit of drug trafficking.C1F1 E+W

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(6)

In Part II of Schedule 1 to the M1Criminal Justice Act 1982 (persons convicted of offences under certain enactments not eligible for early release), after paragraph 25 there is inserted—

“ DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENCES ACT 1986 (c. 32)

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Section 24 (assisting another to retain the benefit of drug trafficking).”

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32Authorisation of delay in notifying arrest. E+W

(1)

In section 56 of the M1Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (right to have someone informed when arrested), at the beginning of subsection (5) there is inserted “Subject to subsection (5A) below” and after that subsection there is inserted—

“(5A)

An officer may also authorise delay where the serious arrestable offence is a drug trafficking offence and the officer has reasonable grounds for believing—

(a)

that the detained person has benefited from drug trafficking, and

(b)

that the recovery of the value of that person’s proceeds of drug trafficking will be hindered by telling the named person of the arrest.”

(2)

In section 58 of that Act (access to legal advice) at the beginning of subsection (8) there is inserted “Subject to subsection (8A) below” and after that subsection there is inserted—

“(8A)

An officer may also authorise delay where the serious arrestable offence is a drug trafficking offence and the officer has reasonable grounds for believing—

(a)

that the detained person has benefited from drug trafficking, and

(b)

that the recovery of the value of that person’s proceeds of drug trafficking will be hindered by the exercise of the right conferred by subsection (1) above.”

(3)

In section 65 of that Act (interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “appropriate consent” there is inserted—

  • ““drug trafficking” and “drug trafficking offence” have the same meaning as in the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986”; and

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at the end of that section there is inserted “and references in this Part to any person’s proceeds of drug trafficking are to be construed in accordance with the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986”.

(4)

Without prejudice to section 20(2) of the M2Interpretation Act 1978, the M3Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Customs and Excise) Order 1985 applies to sections 56 and 58 of the M4Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as those sections have effect by virtue of this section.

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34Prohibition of supply etc. of articles for administering or preparing controlled drugs.

(1)

After section 9 of the M1Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 there is inserted the following section—

“ Prohibition of supply etc. of articles for administering or preparing controlled drugs.

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(1)

A person who supplies or offers to supply any article which may be used or adapted to be used (whether by itself or in combination with another article or other articles) in the administration by any person of a controlled drug to himself or another, believing that the article (or the article as adapted) is to be so used in circumstances where the administration is unlawful, is guilty of an offence.

(2)

It is not an offence under subsection (1) above to supply or offer to supply a hypodermic syringe, or any part of one.

(3)

A person who supplies or offers to supply any article which may be used to prepare a controlled drug for administration by any person to himself or another believing that the article is to be so used in circumstances where the administration is unlawful is guilty of an offence.

(4)

For the purposes of this section, any administration of a controlled drug is unlawful except—

(a)

the administration by any person of a controlled drug to another in circumstances where the administration of the drug is not unlawful under section 4(1) of this Act, or

(b)

the administration by any person of a controlled drug to himself in circumstances where having the controlled drug in his possession is not unlawful under section 5(1) of this Act.

(5)

In this section, references to administration by any person of a controlled drug to himself include a reference to his administering it to himself with the assistance of another”.

(2)

In Schedule 4 to that Act, after the entry relating to section 9 there is inserted—

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Section 9AProhibition of supply etc. of articles for administering or preparing controlled drugs.Summary6 months or level 5 on the standard scale, or both.

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40Short title, commencement and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986.

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(3)

Subject to subsections (4) and (5) below, this Act extends to England and Wales only.

F2(4)

Section 34 of this Act and, so far as it relates to that section, this section, extend also to Scotland.

(5)

Section 34 extends also to Northern Ireland.