Section 11 Drug testingI1

(1)

The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 64 (release on licence: drug testing requirements)—

(a)

in subsection (1)(a), omit “for a trigger offence, and”,

(b)

in that subsection, at the end insert

“, and
(c)
the Secretary of State is satisfied of the matters in subsection (1A).”,

(c)

after that subsection insert—

“(1A)
Those matters are—
(a)
that the misuse by the person of a specified class A drug or a specified class B drug caused or contributed to an offence of which the person has been convicted or is likely to cause or contribute to the commission of further offences by the person, and
(b)
that the person is dependent on, or has a propensity to misuse, a specified class A drug or a specified class B drug.”,

(d)

in subsection (2), after “conditions” insert “ mentioned in subsection (1)(b) ”, and

(e)

in subsection (3), after “specified Class A drug” insert “ or specified Class B drug ”.

(3)

In section 70(1) (interpretation)—

(a)

for “ “Class A drug” has” substitute “ “Class A drug” and “Class B drug” have”, and

(b)

in the definition of “ “specified””, after “Class A drug” insert “ or Class B drug ”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 11 in force at 1.2.2015 by S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(j)