{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8B/paragraph-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8B/paragraph-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/8B/paragraph/48",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Drugs",
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971—\n(a) section 3 (restriction of importation and exportation of controlled drugs);\n(b) section 4 (restriction of production and supply of controlled drugs);\n(c) section 4A (aggravation of offence of supply of controlled drug);\n(d) section 5(3) (restriction of possession of controlled drugs);\n(e) section 6 (restriction of cultivation of cannabis plant);\n(f) section 8(a) and (b) (occupiers etc. of premises to be punishable for certain activities taking place there);\n(g) section 12 (directions prohibiting prescribing, supply etc. of controlled drugs by practitioners etc. convicted of certain offences);\n(h) section 13 (directions prohibiting prescribing, supply etc. of controlled drugs by practitioners in other cases);\n(i) section 17 (power to obtain information from doctors, pharmacists etc. in certain circumstances);\n(j) section 19 (attempts etc. to commit offences), but only in relation to an offence listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (i) of this paragraph; and\n(k) section 20 (assisting in or inducing commission outside United Kingdom of offence punishable under corresponding law).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 8A, 8B inserted (S.) (8.2.2016) by The Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/423), arts. 1(2), 3(8) (with arts. 5-10, 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/schedule/8B/paragraph/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:18.907526+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."
}