C1 Part IV Miscellaneous and supplemental
Investigations into drug trafficking
59AF1Construction of sections 55 to 59
1
This section has effect for the purposes of sections 55 to 59.
2
A reference to a constable includes a reference to a customs officer.
3
A customs officer is a person commissioned by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise under section 6(3) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2).
4
Drug trafficking means doing or being concerned in any of the following (whether in England and Wales or elsewhere)—
a
producing or supplying a controlled drug where the production or supply contravenes section 4(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 or a corresponding law;
b
transporting or storing a controlled drug where possession of the drug contravenes section 5(1) of that Act or a corresponding law;
c
importing or exporting a controlled drug where the importation or exportation is prohibited by section 3(1) of that Act or a corresponding law;
d
manufacturing or supplying a scheduled substance within the meaning of section 12 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 where the manufacture or supply is an offence under that section or would be such an offence if it took place in England and Wales;
e
using any ship for illicit traffic in controlled drugs in circumstances which amount to the commission of an offence under section 19 of that Act.
5
In this section “corresponding law” has the same meaning as in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
Part IV (ss. 55-69) applied with modifications (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2880, arts. 3-6, Schs. 1-3 (as amended by S.I. 1997/2980, arts. 2-5, Sch.)