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Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Regulation 2016
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Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Regulation 2016
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(1) This section provides for the application of this instrument as amended by the Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment (Cannabis‑Related Manufacture Licences) Regulations 2020.
Note: The Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment (Cannabis‑Related Manufacture Licences) Regulations 2020 commenced on 1 November 2020.
(2) Subsection 5(2) applies in relation to a cannabis‑related manufacture licence that came or comes into force before, on or after 1 November 2020. (3) Paragraph 6(2)(a) applies to charge on a cannabis‑related manufacture licence for licence years that start on or after 1 November 2020. (4) Paragraph 6(2)(a) also applies to charge on a cannabis‑related manufacture licence for a licence year that starts before 1 November 2020 and ends on or after 1 November 2020 as if the reference in that paragraph to $11,570 were a reference to the amount worked out using the formula: Start formula $11,570 times start fraction Number of days in the licence year after 31 October 2020 over Number of days in the licence year end fraction end formula (5) Paragraph 6(2)(b) applies to charge on a cannabis‑related manufacture licence for licence years that start on or after 1 November 2020. (6) Paragraph 6(2)(b) also applies to charge on a cannabis‑related manufacture licence for a licence year that starts before 1 November 2020 and ends on or after 1 November 2020 as if the amount worked out under that paragraph were instead the amount worked out under whichever of the following paragraphs applies: (a) if any of the permits was in force on 1 November 2020—the amount worked out using the formula: Start formula $19,160 times start fraction Number of days in the licence year after 31 October 2020 over Number of days in the licence year end fraction end formula (b) if all of the permits come into force after 1 November 2020—the amount worked out using the formula: Start formula $19,160 times start fraction Number of days in the part of the licence year starting on the earliest day any of the permits comes into force and ending at the end of the licence year over Number of days in the licence year end fraction end formula (7) Paragraph 6(2)(c) applies to charge on a cannabis‑related manufacture licence for licence years that end on or after 1 November 2020 but does not apply to the carrying out of an activity in relation to the licence before 1 November 2020.