17(1)Section 25 (prosecution and punishment of offences) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)Subsection (2B) applies if an offence specified in the first column of Schedule 4 is committed in relation to a temporary class drug.
(2B)The punishments which may be imposed on a person convicted of the offence summarily or (as the case may be) on indictment in relation to the temporary class drug are the same as those which could be imposed had the person been convicted of the offence in that way in relation to a Class B drug (see the fifth column of Schedule 4).”.
(3)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)The punishments which may be imposed on a person convicted of an offence under section 23A(6) are the same as those which, under Schedule 4, may be imposed on a person convicted of an offence under section 23(4).”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 17 para. 17 in force at 15.11.2011 by S.I. 2011/2515, art. 3(g)