Sentencing guidelines for use in Crown Court
How to use these sentencing guidelines
To find an offence-specific guideline, you can do any of the following:
- enter the name of the offence in the box below,
- use the offence-type drop-down list to select a related group of offences such as sexual offences or public order offences,
- search for keywords, eg bribery, knives, sex,
- enter the name of the relevant Act and/or section, eg Explosive Substances Act 1883, Public Order Act, section 5, or
- scroll down the A to Z list of offences (guidelines not yet in effect are listed in purple).
To find an overarching guideline:
- on this page, click on the heading Overarching Guidelines,
- on any page, click the icon in the left-hand menu.
Right click to open a guideline in a new tab.
To print or create a temporary pdf of any guideline:
- with the page open, click on , then select your printer or "Adobe PDF" to create a pdf. To include hidden content, open drop-down box before printing. Do not retain these copies. Only the online version of a guideline is guaranteed to be up to date.
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Cultivation of cannabis plant
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.6(2) -
Fraudulent evasion of a prohibition by bringing into or taking out of the UK a controlled drug
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.3; Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, s.170(2) -
Importing or exporting a psychoactive substance
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, s.8 -
Permitting premises to be used
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.8 -
Possession of a controlled drug
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.5(2) -
Possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply it to another
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.5(3) -
Possession of psychoactive substance with intent to supply
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, s.7(1) -
Producing a psychoactive substance
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, s.4 -
Production of a controlled drug/ Cultivation of cannabis plant
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.4(2)(a) or (b), Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.6(2) -
Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug/ Possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply it to another
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 s.4(3), Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.5(3) -
Supplying or offering to supply a psychoactive substance/ Possession of psychoactive substance with intent to supply
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, s.5(1) or 5(2), Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, s.7(1)