sec.51What grower licences authorise

### sec.51 What grower licences authorise A grower licence authorises the licensee, in accordance with the licence— to possess industrial cannabis plants and seed; and to produce industrial cannabis plants and seed from planting seed; and Planting seed is seed that is, in accordance with a regulation, taken to have been harvested from a cannabis plant with a THC concentration, in the plant’s leaves and flowering heads, of not more than 0.5%. However, industrial cannabis plants may have a THC concentration in their leaves and flowering heads of not more than 1%. The difference recognises that the leaves and flowering heads of plants grown using planting seed may have more than 0.5% THC because of environmental conditions beyond a grower’s control. to supply industrial cannabis seed to— a researcher; or a grower; or a seed handler; or a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess industrial cannabis seed; and to possess class A or class B research cannabis seed for use under the supervision of a researcher, as part of a field trial the researcher is conducting on land owned or leased by the grower; and to produce class A or class B research cannabis plants and seed under the supervision of a researcher, as part of a field trial the researcher is conducting on land owned or leased by the grower; and to supply to a researcher class A or class B research cannabis plants and seed produced on land owned or leased by the grower as part of a field trial conducted under the supervision of the researcher; and to supply industrial cannabis seed to— a person who holds a cannabis research licence or a medicinal cannabis licence under the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 (Cwlth) ; or a person in another State who is authorised under the law of that State to possess cannabis seed that, if grown, will produce cannabis plants with a THC concentration in their leaves and flowering heads that the person in the other State may possess; and if the licensee holds a licence under the Customs Act 1901 (Cwlth) authorising the licensee to export cannabis—to supply industrial cannabis seed to a person in another country who is authorised under the law of that country to possess the seed; and to supply processed cannabis to a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess processed cannabis; and to supply industrial cannabis plants to a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess industrial cannabis plants. s 51 orig s 51 ins 2002 No. 35 s 7 amd 2017 No. 7 s 119 om 2018 No. 5 s 119 pres s 51 (orig s 52) om 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3 (prev s 52) ins 2002 No. 35 s 7 amd 2006 No. 48 s 24 ; 2017 No. 7 s 120 ; 2018 No. 5 s 120 (1) – (2) renum 2018 No. 5 s 120 (3) amd 2024 No. 17 s 125 - (a) to possess industrial cannabis plants and seed; and - (b) to produce industrial cannabis plants and seed from planting seed; and Note— Planting seed is seed that is, in accordance with a regulation, taken to have been harvested from a cannabis plant with a THC concentration, in the plant’s leaves and flowering heads, of not more than 0.5%. However, industrial cannabis plants may have a THC concentration in their leaves and flowering heads of not more than 1%. The difference recognises that the leaves and flowering heads of plants grown using planting seed may have more than 0.5% THC because of environmental conditions beyond a grower’s control. - (c) to supply industrial cannabis seed to— (i) a researcher; or (ii) a grower; or (iii) a seed handler; or (iv) a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess industrial cannabis seed; and - (i) a researcher; or - (ii) a grower; or - (iii) a seed handler; or - (iv) a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess industrial cannabis seed; and - (d) to possess class A or class B research cannabis seed for use under the supervision of a researcher, as part of a field trial the researcher is conducting on land owned or leased by the grower; and - (e) to produce class A or class B research cannabis plants and seed under the supervision of a researcher, as part of a field trial the researcher is conducting on land owned or leased by the grower; and - (f) to supply to a researcher class A or class B research cannabis plants and seed produced on land owned or leased by the grower as part of a field trial conducted under the supervision of the researcher; and - (g) to supply industrial cannabis seed to— (i) a person who holds a cannabis research licence or a medicinal cannabis licence under the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 (Cwlth) ; or (ii) a person in another State who is authorised under the law of that State to possess cannabis seed that, if grown, will produce cannabis plants with a THC concentration in their leaves and flowering heads that the person in the other State may possess; and - (i) a person who holds a cannabis research licence or a medicinal cannabis licence under the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 (Cwlth) ; or - (ii) a person in another State who is authorised under the law of that State to possess cannabis seed that, if grown, will produce cannabis plants with a THC concentration in their leaves and flowering heads that the person in the other State may possess; and - (h) if the licensee holds a licence under the Customs Act 1901 (Cwlth) authorising the licensee to export cannabis—to supply industrial cannabis seed to a person in another country who is authorised under the law of that country to possess the seed; and - (i) to supply processed cannabis to a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess processed cannabis; and - (j) to supply industrial cannabis plants to a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess industrial cannabis plants. - (i) a researcher; or - (ii) a grower; or - (iii) a seed handler; or - (iv) a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess industrial cannabis seed; and - (i) a person who holds a cannabis research licence or a medicinal cannabis licence under the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 (Cwlth) ; or - (ii) a person in another State who is authorised under the law of that State to possess cannabis seed that, if grown, will produce cannabis plants with a THC concentration in their leaves and flowering heads that the person in the other State may possess; and