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The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/1383 · Made 27 May 2014

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Criminal Law, England And Wales

Made 27th May 2014

Laid before Parliament 3rd June 2014

Coming into force 24th June 2014

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2001 c. 16. Section 3 was amended by section 15 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28). Other amendments have been made to section 3 but none that are relevant. S.I. 2014/1365, made under section 1(2) of this Act, inserts the offence of possession of khat under section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38) (“the 1971 Act”) into the table in section 1(1) of this Act which sets out the list of offences for which a penalty notice can be given.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2014 and comes into force on 24th June 2014.

2Amendment to the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002

In the Table in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002f1 after the entry relating to section 56 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949f2 insert—

“

Section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971f3 so far as relating to the following—

(a) khat (within the meaning given by Part 4 of Schedule 2 to that Act), or

(b) any preparation or other product containing khat.

Possession of khat or any preparation or other product containing khat

”

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Jeremy Wright

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

27th May 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Table in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1837). It provides that the offence of possession of khat under section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 attracts a penalty of £60.

No impact assessment has been produced in relation to this Order as no impact on business or the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.