The Misuse of Drugs (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

Made: 24th February 1988

Laid before Parliament: 3rd March 1988

Coming into force: 1st April 1988

In pursuance of sections 30, 31 and 37(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971([^f00001]), and after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, I hereby make the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.

2

Regulation 3(1) of the Misuse of Drugs (Licence Fees) Regulations 1986([^f00002]) shall be amended as follows—

• (a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£324” there shall be substituted “£330”;

• (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£216” there shall be substituted “£220”;

• (c) in sub-paragraph (c), for “£108” there shall be substituted “£110”;

• (d) in sub-paragraph (d), for “£108” there shall be substituted “£110”; and

• (e) in sub-paragraph (e), for “£54” there shall be substituted “£55”.

Signed

Home Office

Douglas Hurd — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 24th February 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 30 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 provides that a licence issued by the Secretary of State for the purposes of that Act or of Regulations made under it may be issued subject to the condition of payment of a fee. The Misuse of Drugs (Licence Fees) Regulations 1986, as amended, prescribe the fee payable in relation to a licence to produce, supply, offer to supply or possess controlled drugs; the present Regulations further amend those Regulations so as to increase the fees there prescribed by approximately 2 per cent.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1971 c. 38; see the definition of “prescribed” in section 37(1).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1986/416, as amended by S.I. 1987/298.