The Misuse of Drugs (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

Made: 28th February 1995

Laid before Parliament: 9th March 1995

Coming into force: 1st April 1995

The Secretary of State, 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, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995.

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 “£450” there shall be substituted “£462”;

• (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “ £300” there shall be substituted “£308”;

• (c) in sub-paragraph (c), for “ £150” there shall be substituted “£154”;

• (d) in sub-paragraph (d), for “ £150” there shall be substituted “£154”; and

• (e) in sub-paragraph (e), for “ £75” there shall be substituted “£77”.

Signed

M. Forsyth — Minister of State — 28th February 1995

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 the 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 or offer to supply or possess controlled drugs; the present Regulations further amend those Regulations so as to increase the fees there prescribed.

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, 1988/311, 1989/245, 1991/339, 1992/315, 1993/539 and 1994/535.