Statutory Instruments
1996 No. 596

DANGEROUS DRUGS
The Misuse of Drugs (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Made
5th March 1996

Laid before Parliament
13th March 1996

Coming into force
1st April 1996

The Secretary of State, in pursuance of sections 30, 31 and 37(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971(1), 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 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

2.  Regulation 3(1) of the Misuse of Drugs (Licence Fees) Regulations 1986(2) shall be amended as follows—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a), for “£462” there shall be substituted “£480”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (b), for “£308” there shall be substituted “£320”;

(c)in sub-paragraph (c), for “£154” there shall be substituted “£160”;

(d)in sub-paragraph (d), for “£154” there shall be substituted “£160”; and

(e)in sub-paragraph (e), for “£77” there shall be substituted “£80”.

Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
5th March 1996

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.


(1)
1971 c. 38; see the definition of “prescribed” in section 37(1).

(2)
S.I. 1986/416, as amended by S.I. 1987/298, 1988/311, 1989/245, 1991/339, 1992/315, 1993/538, 1994/535 and 1995/506.