SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Controlled Drugs: Variation of Punishments for Certain Offences under this Act

1

Section 50(4), 68(3) and 170(3) of this Act shall have effect in a case where the goods in respect of which the offence referred to in that subsection was committed were a Class A drug F2, Class B drug or a temporary class drug as if for the words from shall be liable onwards there were substituted the following words, that is to say—

shall be liable—

a

on summary conviction, to a penalty of F4the prescribed sumF4£20,000 or of three times the value of the goods, whichever is the greater, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both;

F1b

on conviction on indictment—

i

where the goods were a Class A drug, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for life, or to both; and

ii

where they were a Class B drug F3 or a temporary class drug, to a penalty of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, or to both.