Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

Part IV U.K. Meaning of certain Expressions used in this Schedule

For the purposes of this Schedule the following expressions (which are not among those defined in section 37(1) of this Act) have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—

• “cannabinol derivatives” means the following substances, except where contained in cannabis or cannabis resin, namely tetrahydro derivatives of cannabinol and 3-alkyl homologues of cannabinol or of its tetrahydro derivatives;

• “coca leaf” means the leaf of any plant of the genusErythroxylonfrom whose leaves cocaine can be extracted either directly or by chemical transformation;

• “concentrate of poppy-straw” means the material produced when poppy-straw has entered into a process for the concentration of its alkaloids;

• [F1 “khat” means the leaves, stems or shoots of the plant of the species Catha edulis;]

• “medicinal opium” means raw opium which has undergone the process necessary to adapt it for medicinal use in accordance with the requirements of the British Pharmacopoeia, whether it is in the form of powder or is granulated or is in any other form, and whether it is or is not mixed with neutral substances;

• “opium poppy” means the plant of the speciesPapaver somniferum L;

• “poppy straw” means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after mowing;

• “raw opium” includes powdered or granulated opium but does not include medicinal opium.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 4 inserted (24.6.2014) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1352), arts. 1, 4