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Prospective

1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Specified Class A Drugs) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2001.

2. For the purposes of section 70(1) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000(and accordingly for the purposes of section 63C(6) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984( 2 ), section 65(10) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991( 3 ) and section 163 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000( 4 )), the term “specified class A drugs” shall refer to the following drugs:

(a) cocaine, its salts and any preparation or other product containing cocaine or its salts; and

(b) diamorphine, its salts and any preparation or other product containing diamorphine or its salts.

Prospective

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the Class A drugs for which: drug abstinence orders may be made; drug testing under a drug abstinence order may be carried out; orders for pre-sentence drug testing may be made; drug abstinence requirements in community sentences may be made; drug testing in police detention may be carried out; drug testing conditions on those released on a notice of supervision under section 65 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 may be made; and drug testing conditions on those released on licence over the age of 18 may be made.