Article 2 Amendment 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 2002^f1 after the entry relating to section 56 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949^f2 insert—

“

Section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971^f3 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

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/1837. The Schedule was substituted by S.I. 2009/83 and was amended by S.I. 2012/1431, 2013/903 and 2013/1579. There have been other amendments made to this Order but none that are relevant.
f2: 1949 c. xxix.
f3: 1971 c. 38. S.I. 2014/1352 inserts ‘khat’ into Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act as Class C drugs) and inserts the meaning of khat into Part 4 of that Schedule to that Act.