Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

[^M_F_b739d2ca-5107-4fef-9df0-6ab713a7056c]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (1.7.2003) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1243), arts. 1, 2(3)(b)

[^M_F_b7692643-9670-4f7f-bba7-9644dcd351f3]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) inserted (11.3.2015) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/215), art. 3(b)

[^M_F_b9e3f585-3ec2-4d1c-ed56-5d0b30575200]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) inserted (31.5.2017) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/634), art. 3

[^M_F_bb133904-4be4-4345-ecef-8b694969b576]: Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(ca) inserted (14.12.2016) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1109), arts. 1, 3(a)

[^M_F_be5d32e1-8e54-4112-a8c0-4b06a1af176f]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(a) inserted (31.5.2017) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/634), art. 4(c)

[^M_F_c1bfe759-05eb-4d64-f9a3-d0512c5fb7ca]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(b) inserted (13.6.2012) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I.2012/1390), art. 3(b)

[^M_F_c2eaa14c-2d8a-4a25-e2b3-b2f7248f8a0f]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(e) inserted (23.12.2009) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3209), art. 2(3)(d)

[^M_F_c4820366-7c7e-49aa-e247-7409134159be]: Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(f) inserted (10.6.2014) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Ketamine etc.) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1106), art. 3

[^M_F_c4979d07-ce3a-4093-e80a-0625f1cb1d28]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(a) inserted (26.2.2013) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/239), art. 3

[^M_F_c540da4e-4d9f-43ae-ca86-9ab258608d86]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1 inserted (18.7.2005) by Drugs Act 2005 (c. 17), s. 21

[^M_F_c7632653-ddad-4420-f307-e3da1e36d30e]: Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(b) substituted (7.1.2015) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3271), art. 4

[^M_F_c76f595e-025e-4fbb-b5b6-e9b017369ba3]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(b) inserted (23.12.2009) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3209), art. 2(3)(b)(i)

[^M_F_cbd948e6-ca69-4d33-c997-e7534cd78963]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(b) inserted (23.12.2009) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3209), art. 2(3)(b)(v)

[^M_F_cf91d9c0-9250-4e78-9f1b-8385834a4fae]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (31.5.2017) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/634), art. 5(h)

[^M_F_d0d148af-6e95-47e1-e9f5-10b32b2ad372]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(a) deleted (29.1.2004) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3201), art. 2(3)

[^M_F_d1017dcf-82cc-48de-dea8-439bf4238044]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(b) inserted (23.12.2009) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3209), art. 2(3)(b)(vii)

[^M_F_d3fac3e9-e6ba-4b53-b7be-a6d500a23289]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(a) inserted (27.11.2017) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1114), art. 3

[^M_F_d733359d-34d0-4b4e-f409-b871206cecb4]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) inserted (7.1.2015) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3271), art. 3(b)

[^M_F_d81b295d-4489-4f3f-8e88-c137f75abe1a]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (31.5.2017) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/634), art. 5(n)

[^M_F_d9f5fc80-0004-47b7-8186-accb2520307d]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(a) inserted (31.5.2017) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/634), art. 4(g)

[^M_F_dbe5414b-6323-4baa-ef1f-99fd8b401450]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (28.3.2011) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/744), arts. 1(1), 4

[^M_F_e30bd30d-8248-4f24-be02-f210e7fecfb7]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) repealed (26.1.2009) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3130), art. 2(3)(a)

[^M_F_e33bda2f-e5b3-4cbc-c6a3-123d9df41771]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) omitted (10.6.2014) by virtue of The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Ketamine etc.) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1106), art. 5(a)

[^M_F_e74840c6-ff99-4c6c-b44d-af7c205e0112]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(a) inserted (10.6.2014) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Ketamine etc.) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1106), art. 4(a)(ii)

[^M_F_e769a82c-b225-4752-b1ed-79d9705943c7]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (31.5.2017) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/634), art. 5(l)

[^M_F_e927c6dc-9d75-495c-f569-de1013bb17b2]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) inserted (1.7.2003) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1243), art. 2(2)(b)

[^M_F_e94e9c50-4d10-49ea-ea8c-905b21676ae9]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) inserted (11.3.2015) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/215), art. 3(a)

[^M_F_e9b222b7-76c2-4863-c171-1e88a6c4cc2b]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(a) inserted (26.1.2009) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3130), art. 2(2)(a)

[^M_F_ea3da346-7535-456e-c675-0c78ba4e80fe]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) inserted (28.3.2011) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/744), arts. 1(1), 2

[^M_F_eb99ca6a-2fa7-42c4-a31a-de32ad37e3d0]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(b) inserted (1.7.2003) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1243), arts. 1, 2(4)(a)

[^M_F_ec58c419-f797-4fbe-d45d-239b3c50c3c9]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(a) inserted (31.5.2017) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/634), art. 4(e)

[^M_F_eef93839-ba1e-4b72-8ff3-0ddefb3fceb2]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(b) inserted (23.12.2009) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3209), art. 2(3)(b)(v)

[^M_F_f122dcbc-5c40-4f30-d2e0-0791deafd36a]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(b) inserted (1.7.2003) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1243), arts. 1, 2(4)(b)

[^M_F_f45203d4-f322-472c-ce82-3498ab125802]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(b) inserted (23.12.2009) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3209), art. 2(3)(b)(x)

[^M_F_f482f0ed-6ef5-4d06-aceb-6040eb585d20]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(a) inserted (10.6.2014) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Ketamine etc.) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1106), art. 4(a)(i)

[^M_F_f7771114-e7c1-4230-b9a1-e061bc2294d5]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 3 substituted ( 26.1.2009 ) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3130), art. 2(2)(c)

[^M_F_f8717257-51e3-48a5-c614-2a512396d9ea]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) inserted (7.1.2015) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3271), art. 3(b)

[^M_F_fbef3e49-7863-444f-dd93-db0e324591a7]: Word in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (10.6.2014) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Ketamine etc.) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2011/1106), art. 5(d)

[^M_F_fdc2d371-e0db-48c5-d3e2-f2939990bc35]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) deleted (29.1.2004) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3201), art. 2(2)

[^key-57dc6af4554ccb7bf89958e460892ac1]: Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(ea) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(3)

[^key-1fa01f1ad284c364e088856d96831ea2]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)

[^key-1df5f6437c607c6dbc2a67dfa57fdb20]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)

[^key-7b3da627285f9bf8f99a6a9a2aad5693]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(c)

[^key-71936927bc916eb95b3ab7e54b1f9219]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(4)

[^key-88bb4b73db09c585e1065e070dfaac5c]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(a)

[^key-f33099deedcf11edeb2310649340c0b8]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(b)

[^key-6082f72fef21340778152395ebb07e7c]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(c)

[^key-2dd029c156f386598b449a348c56a86b]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(d)

[^key-f8cf99395d596eec5b0497ecad1bfda8]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(e)

[^key-d421402e2ca8d893266d9bc6ba5a8222]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(f)

[^key-810eb37e317ad2c963674d3edfe3646a]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(g)

[^key-1262dc941c9679367c0217d344f9a19c]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(h)

[^key-d7d4482a8a6c657447ebd1f376022e08]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(i)

[^key-06732da552b9ab0fe040e513a4a51354]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(j)

[^key-bac23a6ef2bbaa08a7ae7291fa06d37c]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(k)

[^key-8fcbe9985d616461969894a0848762b5]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(l)

[^key-4a8765986661c398a0467e46eec8ccb0]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(m)

[^key-e88116f5f1cf40278c480db6e67815a1]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 1(a) inserted (15.1.2025) by The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1361), arts. 1(1), 2(5)(n)

4A

• (1) Subsections (2) to (8) apply if—

• (a) a court in Scotland or Northern Ireland is considering the seriousness of an offence under section 4(3) of this Act, and

• (b) at the time the offence was committed the offender had attained the age of 18.

• (2) If either of the following conditions is met the court—

• (a) must treat the fact that the condition is met as an aggravating factor (that is to say, a factor that increases the seriousness of the offence), and

• (b) must state in open court that the offence is so aggravated.

• (3) The first condition is that the offence was committed on or in the vicinity of school premises at a relevant time.

• (4) The second condition is that in connection with the commission of the offence the offender used a courier who, at the time the offence was committed, was under the age of 18.

• (5) In subsection (3), a relevant time is—

• (a) any time when the school premises are in use by persons under the age of 18;

• (b) one hour before the start and one hour after the end of any such time.

• (6) For the purposes of subsection (4), a person uses a courier in connection with an offence under section 4(3) of this Act if he causes or permits another person (the courier)—

• (a) to deliver a controlled drug to a third person, or

• (b) to deliver a drug related consideration to himself or a third person.

• (7) For the purposes of subsection (6), a drug related consideration is a consideration of any description which—

• (a) is obtained in connection with the supply of a controlled drug, or

• (b) is intended to be used in connection with obtaining a controlled drug.

• (8) In this section—

• “school premises” means land used for the purposes of a school excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the school; and

• “school” has the same meaning—in England and Wales, as in section 4 of the Education Act 1996;in Scotland, as in section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;in Northern Ireland, as in Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.

• (9) For the requirement for a court in England and Wales considering the seriousness of an offence under section 4(3) of this Act to treat certain matters as aggravating factors, see section 71 of the Sentencing Code.

2A

Any ester or ether of cannabinol or of a cannabinol derivative or of a substance for the time being specified in paragraph 1(ac), (c), (ca) or (d) of this Part of this Schedule. .

2A

• (1) The Secretary of State may make an order (referred to in this Act as a “temporary class drug order”) specifying any substance or product as a drug subject to temporary control if the following two conditions are met.

• (2) The first condition is that the substance or product is not a Class A drug, a Class B drug or a Class C drug.

• (3) The second condition is that—

• (a) the Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 2B and has determined that the order should be made, or

• (b) the Secretary of State has received a recommendation under that section that the order should be made.

• (4) The Secretary of State may make the determination mentioned in subsection (3)(a) only if it appears to the Secretary of State that—

• (a) the substance or product is a drug that is being, or is likely to be, misused, and

• (b) that misuse is having, or is capable of having, harmful effects.

• (5) A substance or product may be specified in a temporary class drug order by reference to—

• (a) the name of the substance or product, or

• (b) a description of the substance or product (which may take such form as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate for the purposes of the specification).

• (6) A substance or product specified in a temporary class drug order as a drug subject to temporary control ceases to be a controlled drug by virtue of the order—

• (a) at the end of one year beginning with the day on which the order comes into force, or

• (b) if earlier, upon the coming into force of an Order in Council under section 2(2) by virtue of which the substance or product is specified in Part 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 2.

• (7) Subsection (6)—

• (a) is subject to subsection (10), and

• (b) is without prejudice to the power of the Secretary of State to vary or revoke a temporary class drug order by a further order.

• (8) The power of the Secretary of State to make an order under this section is subject to section 2B.

• (9) An order under this section is to be made by statutory instrument.

• (10) An order under this section—

• (a) must be laid before Parliament after being made, and

• (b) ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 40 days beginning with the day on which the order is made unless before the end of that period the order is approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

• (11) In calculating that period of 40 days no account is to be taken of any time during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or during which both Houses are adjourned for more than 4 days.

• (12) Subsection (10)(b)—

• (a) is without prejudice to anything previously done or to the power of the Secretary of State to make a new order under this section;

• (b) does not apply to an order that only revokes a previous order under this section.

2B

• (1) Before making an order under section 2A the Secretary of State—

• (a) must consult as mentioned in subsection (2), or

• (b) must have received a recommendation from the Advisory Council to make the order.

• (2) The Secretary of State must consult—

• (a) the Advisory Council, or

• (b) if the order is to be made under section 2A(1) and the urgency condition applies, the person mentioned in subsection (3).

• (3) The person referred to in subsection (2)(b) is—

• (a) the person who is for the time being the chairman of the Advisory Council appointed under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1, or

• (b) if that person has delegated the function of responding to consultation under subsection (1)(a) to another member of the Advisory Council, that other member.

• (4) The “urgency condition” applies if it appears to the Secretary of State that the misuse of the substance or product to be specified in the order as a drug subject to temporary control, or the likelihood of its misuse, poses an urgent and significant threat to public safety or health.

• (5) The duty of the Advisory Council or any other person consulted under subsection (1)(a) is limited to giving to the Secretary of State that person's opinion as to whether the order in question should be made.

• (6) A recommendation under subsection (1)(b) that a temporary class drug order should be made may be given by the Advisory Council only if it appears to the Council that—

• (a) the substance or product is a drug that is being, or is likely to be, misused, and

• (b) that misuse is having, or is capable of having, harmful effects.

Authorisation of activities otherwise unlawful under foregoing provisions.

7A

• (1) This section applies if a temporary class drug order specifies a substance or product as a drug subject to temporary control.

• (2) The order may—

• (a) include provision for the exception of the drug from the application of section 3(1)(a) or (b) or 4(1)(a) or (b),

• (b) make such other provision as the Secretary of State thinks fit for the purpose of making it lawful for persons to do things in respect of the drug which under section 4(1) it would otherwise be unlawful for them to do,

• (c) provide for circumstances in which a person's possession of the drug is to be treated as excepted possession for the purposes of this Act, and

• (d) include any provision in relation to the drug of a kind that could be made in regulations under section 10 or 22 if the drug were a Class A drug, a Class B drug or a Class C drug (but ignoring section 31(3)).

• (3) Provision under subsection (2) may take the form of applying (with or without modifications) any provision made in regulations under section 7(1), 10 or 22.

• (4) Provision under subsection (2)(b) may (in particular) provide for the doing of something to be lawful if it is done—

• (a) in circumstances mentioned in section 7(2)(a), or

• (b) in compliance with such conditions as may be prescribed by virtue of section 7(2)(b).

• (5) Section 7(8) applies for the purposes of this section.

• (6) Section 31(1) (general provision as to regulations) applies in relation to a temporary class drug order that contains provision made by virtue of this section as it applies to regulations under this Act.

Directions prohibiting prescribing, supply etc. of controlled drugs by practitioners etc. convicted of certain offences.

Directions prohibiting prescribing, supply etc. of controlled drugs by practitioners in other cases.

23A

• (1) Subsection (3) applies in any case where—

• (a) a constable has reasonable grounds to suspect that a person (“P”) is in possession of a temporary class drug, and

• (b) it does not appear to the constable that a power under section 23(2) applies to the case.

• (2) But if any provision has been made by virtue of section 7A(2)(c) (excepted possession) that applies to the temporary class drug in question, subsection (3) applies only if the constable has no reason to believe that P's possession of the drug is to be treated as excepted possession for the purposes of this Act.

• (3) The constable may—

• (a) search P, and detain P for the purposes of searching P;

• (b) search any vehicle or vessel in which the constable suspects that the drug may be found, and for that purpose require the person in control of the vehicle or vessel to stop it;

• (c) seize and detain anything found in the course of the search which appears to the constable to be a temporary class drug or to be evidence of an offence under this Act.

In this subsection, “vessel” has the same meaning as in section 23(2).

• (4) Subsection (5) applies if a constable reasonably believes that anything detained under subsection (3)(c) is a temporary class drug but is not evidence of any offence under this Act.

• (5) The constable may dispose of the drug in such manner as the constable thinks appropriate.

• (6) A person who intentionally obstructs a constable in the exercise of the constable's powers under subsection (3) commits an offence.

Temporary directions under s. 13(2).

Savings and transitional provisions, repeals, and power to amend local enactments.

Research.

Savings and transitional provisions, repeals, and power to amend local enactments.