Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 194

194 Protection from liability in relation to medicinal cannabis

(1) A prescribed person does not incur civil liability for—

(a) an act or omission—

(i) done or made by the person in good faith and without negligence; and

(ii) that is, or is associated with—

(A) an application for the grant, amendment or replacement of a medicinal cannabis approval; or

(B) the grant, amendment or replacement of a medicinal cannabis approval; or

(C) administrative action relating to a medicinal cannabis approval; or

(D) a regulated activity for medicinal cannabis carried out in accordance with this Act; or

(b) a result of the act or omission.

(2) This section does not apply to the extent the prescribed person is protected from the civil liability under the Public Service Act 2008, section 26C .

(3) In this section—

"prescribed person" means—

(a) a member of the expert advisory panel;

(b) a single-patient prescriber;

(c) a patient-class prescriber;

(d) an approved pharmacist or secondary dispenser.

"regulated activity" , for medicinal cannabis, see section (4) .