The court considered the meaning of ‘supply’ under the 1971 Act: ‘Thus we are driven back to considering the word ‘supply’ in its context. The judge himself relied upon the dictionary definition, which is a fairly wide one. This court has been referred to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, which gives a large number of definitions of the word ‘supply’, but they have a common feature, viz.: that in the word ‘supply’ is inherent the furnishing or providing of something which is wanted. In the judgment of this court, the word ‘supply’ in section 5(3) of the Act of 1971 covers a similarly wide range of transactions. A feature common to all of those transactions is a transfer of physical control of a drug from one person to another. In our judgment questions of the transfer of ownership or legal possession of those drugs are irrelevant to the issue whether or not there was intent to supply. ‘
Judges:
Skinner J
Citations:
[1984] 1 WLR 89
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Interfact Ltd and Another v Liverpool City Council Admn 23-May-2005
The defendants, operators of licensed sex shops, appealed convictions for offences under the Act. The shops had supplied videos rated R*18 by mail order from the shops. The Trading Standards Officer said this did not satisfy the requirement that . .
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Crime
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.225196
