{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971/section-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971/section-30.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/38",
  "legislation_title": "Misuse of Drugs Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Licences and authorities.",
  "text": "(1) A licence or other authority issued by the Secretary of State for purposes of this Act or of regulations or orders made under this Act may be, to any degree, general or specific, may be issued on such terms and subject to such conditions (including, in the case of a licence, the payment of a prescribed fee) as the Secretary of State thinks proper, and may be modified or revoked by him at any time.\n(2) Subsection (1) applies to a licence issued by the Scottish Ministers under regulations made in pursuance of section 10(2)(i) as if references in that subsection to the Secretary of State were references to the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 30 renumbered as s. 30(1) (31.10.2012) by Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 19(6)(a), 44(5); S.I. 2012/2516, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 30 inserted (15.11.2011) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 17 para. 18; S.I. 2011/2515, art. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 30(2) inserted (31.10.2012) by Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 19(6)(b), 44(5); S.I. 2012/2516, art. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/section/30",
    "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."
}