Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEMP FIBRE INDUSTRY FACILITATION ACT 2004 (NO. 48 OF 2004) - SECT 10

    (1)     A category 1 researcher licence authorises the licensee, in accordance with the licence—

        (a)     to possess for research purposes—

              (i)     industrial hemp plants and seed; and

              (ii)     class A and class B research hemp plants and seed; and

        (b)     to produce, for use in plant breeding programs for developing new commercial strains of industrial hemp—

              (i)     industrial hemp plants and seed; and

              (ii)     class A and class B research hemp plants and seed; and

        (c)     to supply—

              (i)     class A and class B research hemp plants and seed to a category 1 researcher; or

              (ii)     class B research hemp plants and seed to a category 2 researcher; and

        (d)     to supply industrial hemp plants and seed to—

              (i)     a category 1 or category 2 researcher; or

              (ii)     a grower; and

        (e)     to supply class A and class B research hemp seed to a grower for use, under the licensee's supervision, as part of a field trial the licensee is conducting on land owned or leased by the grower; and

        (f)     to supply class A and class B research hemp seed and industrial hemp seed to someone in a State who is authorised under the law of the State to possess hemp seed that, if grown, will produce plants with a THC concentration in their leaves and flowering heads that the person in the State may possess; and

        (g)     if the licensee holds a licence under the Customs Act 1901 (Cwlth) authorising the licensee to export hemp—to supply class A and class B research hemp seed and industrial hemp seed to someone in a foreign country who is authorised under the law of that country to possess the seed.

    (2)     In this section:

"State "includes an external territory.