Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985
8ARelationship with Hemp Industry Act 2008
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8A Relationship with Hemp Industry Act 2008
8A Relationship with Hemp Industry Act 2008
(1) Nothing in this Act affects any provision of or made under the Hemp Industry Act 2008 or renders unlawful anything done in accordance with any such provision.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), nothing in this Act renders unlawful—
(a) cultivating or supplying, or taking part in cultivating or supplying, low-THC hemp under the authority conferred by the Hemp Industry Act 2008, or
(b) manufacturing or producing, or taking part in manufacturing or producing, low-THC hemp or anything containing low-THC hemp if that hemp was cultivated or supplied under the authority conferred by the Hemp Industry Act 2008 or under a corresponding authority, or
(c) possessing low-THC hemp or anything containing low-THC hemp if that hemp was cultivated or supplied under the authority conferred by the Hemp Industry Act 2008 or under a corresponding authority.
(3) In this section, corresponding authority has the same meaning as in the Hemp Industry Act 2008.
s 8A: Ins 2008 No 58, Sch 2.1 [2].