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NARCOTIC DRUGS ACT 1967 - SECT 12A Secretary must make a decision on an application for a manufacture permit

NARCOTIC DRUGS ACT 1967 - SECT 12A

Secretary must make a decision on an application for a manufacture permit

  (1)   If the holder of a manufacture licence has made an application for a manufacture permit, the Secretary must decide whether to grant, or refuse to grant, the permit.

  (2)   The Secretary may, subject to subsections   ( 3) and (4), grant a manufacture permit if the Secretary considers it appropriate in all the circumstances to do so.

  (3)   The Secretary may refuse to grant a manufacture permit if the Secretary is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the holder of the manufacture licence to which the permit relates has breached a condition of the licence.

  (4)   The Secretary must refuse to grant a manufacture permit if:

  (a)   the application fee (if any) has not been paid; or

  (aa)   the Secretary is not satisfied on reasonable grounds that applicable standards have been or will be met, as the case requires; or

  (ab)   the Secretary is satisfied on reasonable grounds that one or more circumstances exist that are prescribed by the regulations as circumstances in which a permit must not be granted; or

  (ac)   the Secretary is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the application for the permit contains information, or information has been given by the applicant in relation to the application, that:

  (i)   is false or misleading in a material particular; or

  (ii)   omits any matter or thing without which the application is misleading in a material respect; or

  (b)   the applicant has not complied with a requirement under subsection   14J(1) (additional information) in relation to the application.

Note:   The Secretary must have regard to any applicable guidelines (see subsection   26C(2)).