Narcotic Drugs Regulation 2016
8Application for medicinal cannabis permit—information requirements
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8 Application for medicinal cannabis permit—information requirements
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 8P(2)(a) of the Act, the information specified in this section is prescribed in relation to an application by the holder of a medicinal cannabis licence (the applicant) for a medicinal cannabis permit. General information (2) The application must contain the following information: (a) the name of the applicant; (b) the licence number of the medicinal cannabis licence held by the applicant; (c) the activities that are proposed to be authorised by the licence in accordance with the permit; (d) the period for which the permit would need to be in force; (e) details of how access will be provided to the premises at which activities authorised by the licence are to be undertaken for the purposes of the Secretary, or a person authorised by the Secretary, inspecting such premises. Medicinal cannabis permits—cultivation (3) An application for a medicinal cannabis permit that relates to a medicinal cannabis licence that authorises the cultivation of cannabis plants must also contain the following information: (a) the types of cannabis plants (the proposed plants) proposed to be cultivated in accordance with the permit; (b) the range of concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol that will be contained in the proposed plants; (c) the total area of the land to be used to cultivate the proposed plants; (d) the maximum size of the cannabis crop proposed to be cultivated during the period of the permit; (e) the maximum number of cannabis plants (including the number of cannabis plants that will be required to propagate cannabis plants for seeds and maintenance of strains) that, in the opinion of the applicant, it will be necessary for the applicant to have in the applicant’s possession or control at any time for the normal conduct of business; (f) the period during which, under the permit, the plants are proposed to be cultivated for the purposes of producing cannabis or cannabis resin; (g) the period during which, under the permit, any plants are proposed to be cultivated for the purposes of propagation. Medicinal cannabis permits—production (4) An application for a medicinal cannabis permit that relates to a medicinal cannabis licence that authorises the production of cannabis or cannabis resin must also contain the following information: (a) the maximum quantity of cannabis or cannabis resin that is proposed to be produced in accordance with the permit; (b) the maximum quantity of cannabis or cannabis resin that, in the opinion of the applicant, it will be necessary for the applicant to have in the applicant’s possession or control at any time for the normal conduct of business; (c) the period during which cannabis or cannabis resin is proposed to be produced in accordance with the permit. Medicinal cannabis permits—manufacture (5) An application for a medicinal cannabis permit that relates to a medicinal cannabis licence that authorises the manufacture of a cannabis drug must also contain the following information: (a) the cannabis drug proposed to manufactured; (b) the proposed use of the manufactured cannabis drug; (c) the maximum quantity of the cannabis drug that is proposed to be manufactured; (d) the maximum quantity of the cannabis drug that, in the opinion of the applicant, having regard to prevailing market conditions, it will be necessary for the applicant to have in the applicant’s possession or control at any time for the normal conduct of business; (e) the period during which the cannabis drug is to be manufactured; (f) the starting materials to be used in the manufacture of the cannabis drug, the source of the starting materials and the amounts of the starting materials required to manufacture the cannabis drug.