37ATransitional provisions consequent on enactment of Industrial Hemp Amendment Act 2024

37A Transitional provisions consequent on enactment of Industrial Hemp Amendment Act 2024

[Section 37A Inserted by No. 22 of 2024, s. 21, Applied:08 Nov 2024]

(1)  In this section –

amending Act means the Industrial Hemp Amendment Act 2024;

commencement day means the day on which the amending Act commences.

(2)  A special licence that was in force under this Act immediately before commencement dayis taken, on and after the commencement day, to be a special research licence, subject to the conditions specified in the licence immediately before the commencement day.

(3)  An application for the grant or the renewal of a special licence that was made under this Act that is not determined before the commencement day is taken, on and after the commencement day, to be an application for a special research licence under this Act.