sec.9Possessing dangerous drugs

### sec.9 Possessing dangerous drugs A person who unlawfully has possession of a dangerous drug is guilty of a crime. Maximum penalty— if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 and the quantity of the thing is of or exceeds the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 4 in respect of that thing—25 years imprisonment; or if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 and the quantity of the thing is of or exceeds the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 3 but is less than the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 4 in respect of that thing and the person convicted— satisfies the judge constituting the court before which the person is convicted that when the person committed the offence the person was a drug dependent person—20 years imprisonment; or does not so satisfy the judge constituting the court before which the person is convicted—25 years imprisonment; or if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 2 and the quantity of the thing is of or exceeds the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 3 in respect of that thing—20 years imprisonment; or in any other case where the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 or 2 —15 years imprisonment. For a dangerous drug that is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 , part 2 (a part 2 drug ), a reference in subsection (1) to the quantity of the thing is a reference to the whole weight of all the part 2 drugs (whether of the same or different types) that the person is convicted of unlawfully possessing. s 9 amd 1988 No. 88 s 3 sch 1 ; 1989 No. 34 s 8 ; 1990 No. 9 s 9 ; 1996 No. 49 s 8 ; 2000 No. 28 s 10 ; 2008 No. 4 s 12 ; 2010 No. 42 s 37 sch ; 2014 No. 42 s 21 Note—The spelling ‘dependant’ as appearing in all reprints from reprint 1 to reprint 6 was returned in reprint 7 to the spelling ‘dependent’ as shown in the 1986 annual volume. (sec.9-ssec.1) A person who unlawfully has possession of a dangerous drug is guilty of a crime. Maximum penalty— if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 and the quantity of the thing is of or exceeds the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 4 in respect of that thing—25 years imprisonment; or if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 and the quantity of the thing is of or exceeds the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 3 but is less than the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 4 in respect of that thing and the person convicted— satisfies the judge constituting the court before which the person is convicted that when the person committed the offence the person was a drug dependent person—20 years imprisonment; or does not so satisfy the judge constituting the court before which the person is convicted—25 years imprisonment; or if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 2 and the quantity of the thing is of or exceeds the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 3 in respect of that thing—20 years imprisonment; or in any other case where the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 or 2 —15 years imprisonment. (sec.9-ssec.2) For a dangerous drug that is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 , part 2 (a part 2 drug ), a reference in subsection (1) to the quantity of the thing is a reference to the whole weight of all the part 2 drugs (whether of the same or different types) that the person is convicted of unlawfully possessing. - (a) if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 and the quantity of the thing is of or exceeds the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 4 in respect of that thing—25 years imprisonment; or - (b) if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 and the quantity of the thing is of or exceeds the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 3 but is less than the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 4 in respect of that thing and the person convicted— (i) satisfies the judge constituting the court before which the person is convicted that when the person committed the offence the person was a drug dependent person—20 years imprisonment; or (ii) does not so satisfy the judge constituting the court before which the person is convicted—25 years imprisonment; or - (i) satisfies the judge constituting the court before which the person is convicted that when the person committed the offence the person was a drug dependent person—20 years imprisonment; or - (ii) does not so satisfy the judge constituting the court before which the person is convicted—25 years imprisonment; or - (c) if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 2 and the quantity of the thing is of or exceeds the quantity specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 3 in respect of that thing—20 years imprisonment; or - (d) in any other case where the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 1 or 2 —15 years imprisonment. - (i) satisfies the judge constituting the court before which the person is convicted that when the person committed the offence the person was a drug dependent person—20 years imprisonment; or - (ii) does not so satisfy the judge constituting the court before which the person is convicted—25 years imprisonment; or