Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

154U.K.In paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Criminal Law Act 1977—

(a)in subparagraph (1)(b), for “subparagraph (2)(b) below” substitute “ subparagraph (IA) below ” ;

(b)after subparagraph (1) insert—

(1A)The offences mentioned in subparagraph (1)(b) above are offences under the following provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, where the controlled drug in relation to which the offence was committed was a Class C drug, namely—

(i)section 4(2) (production, or being concerned in the production, of a controlled drug) ;

(ii)section 4(3) (supplying or offering a controlled drug or being concerned in the doing of either activity by another) ;

(iii)section 5(3) (having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply it to another)

(iv)section 8 (being the occupier, or concerned in the management, of premises and permitting or suffering certain activities to take place there) ;

(v)section 12(6) (contravention of direction prohibiting practitioner etc. from possessing, supplying etc. controlled drugs) ; or

(vi)section 13(3) (contravention of direction prohibiting practitioner etc. from prescribing, supplying, etc. controlled drugs)..