{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/38",
  "legislation_title": "Misuse of Drugs Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Attempts etc. to commit offences.",
  "text": "It is an offence for a person to attempt to commit an offence under any other provision of this Act or to incite or attempt to incite another to commit such an offence an offence under any other provision of this Act to incite another to commit an offence under any other provision of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words commencing “to incite” substituted (N.I.) for words commencing “to attempt” by S.I. 1983/1120, (N.I. 13), art. 6(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed (E.W.) by Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47, SIF 39:1), Sch. Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 19 substituted (E.W.) (1.10.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 6 para. 53 (with Sch. 13 para. 5); S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:00.895978+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."
}