Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) The ways of achieving this Act's object include allowing the following activities to be carried out under controlled conditions:
(a) commercial production of industrial hemp fibre and seed;
(b) research into the use of industrial hemp as a commercial fibre and seed crop;
(c) plant breeding programs using class A or class B research hemp plants and seed, but only for developing new or improved strains of hemp for use by growers for the commercial production of industrial hemp fibre and seed .
Example for par (b)
field trials using fertilisers or irrigation and different planting rates
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
(2) Another way of achieving this Act's object is to allow research to be carried out into—
(a) how hemp seed may be denatured; and
(b) how processed hemp may be used.