Revisions and corrections to Sentencing Council digital guidelines
Minor revisions and corrections log: 17 February 2021 Sentencing Council policy on making changes to digital guidelines The Sentencing Council
Possession of psychoactive substance with intent to supply – effective from 1 April 2021
Possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply it to another – effective from 1 April 2021
Cultivation of cannabis plant – effective from 1 April 2021
Production of a controlled drug/ Cultivation of cannabis plant – effective from 1 April 2021
Production of a controlled drug, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (section 4(2)(a) or (b)) Cultivation of cannabis plant, Misuse of
Producing a psychoactive substance – effective from 1 April 2021
Triable either wayMaximum: 7 years’ custodyOffence range: Band B Fine – 6 years’ custody User guide for this offence Guideline
Possession of a controlled drug – effective from 1 April 2021
Triable either way Class AMaximum: 7 years’ custodyOffence range: Fine – 51 weeks’ custody Class BMaximum: 5 years’ custodyOffence range:
Permitting premises to be used – effective from 1 April 2021
Triable either way unless the defendant could receive the minimum sentence of seven years for a third drug trafficking offence
Fraudulent evasion of a prohibition by bringing into or taking out of the UK a controlled drug – effective from 1 April 2021
Triable either way unless the defendant could receive the minimum sentence of seven years for a third drug trafficking offence
Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug/ Possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply it to another – effective from 1 April 2021
Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (section 4(3)) Possession of a controlled drug