Narcotic Drugs Regulation 2016
18Condition that medicinal cannabis licence holder employ or engage suitable staff
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18 Condition that medicinal cannabis licence holder employ or engage suitable staff
Classes of unsuitable persons (1) Each of the following classes of persons is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 10F(1)(d) of the Act: (b) persons who have a drug addiction; (c) persons who are undischarged bankrupts under the Bankruptcy Act 1966. Circumstances in which persons are taken not to be suitable (2) For the purposes of subsection 10F(2) of the Act, the following circumstances are prescribed as circumstances in which a person is taken not to be suitable to carry out activities authorised by a medicinal cannabis licence at a particular time: (a) the person has, during the period of 5 years (the exclusion period) before that time, used illicit drugs; (b) the person has, during the exclusion period, been convicted of a drug related offence; (c) the person has, during the exclusion period, been convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that: (i) involves theft; and (ii) is punishable by a maximum penalty of imprisonment for not less than 3 months.