NARCOTIC DRUGS ACT 1967 - SECT 7A Interaction with State and Territory laws

NARCOTIC DRUGS ACT 1967 - SECT 7A

  (1)   Despite section   7, Chapter   2 of this Act, and other provisions of this Act so far as they relate to that Chapter , apply to the exclusion of a law, or a provision of a law, of a State or a Territory to the extent that the law or provision purports (whether expressly or impliedly) to do one or more of the following:

  (a)   provide for the grant of a licence (however described) authorising the cultivation of cannabis plants for the purposes of producing cannabis or cannabis resin for medicinal or scientific purposes, or otherwise authorise such cultivation;

  (b)   provide for the grant of a licence (however described) authorising the production of cannabis or cannabis resin for medicinal or scientific purposes, or otherwise authorise such production;

  (c)   prohibit an activity, or prevent a person from engaging in an activity, that:

  (i)   is authorised under that Chapter or another provision of this Act so far as it relates to that Chapter; and

  (ii)   is, or is related to, the cultivation of cannabis plants or the production of cannabis or cannabis resin.

  (2)   Subsection   ( 1) does not apply to a law, or a provision of a law, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.

  (3)   Regulations made for the purposes of subsection   ( 2) may prescribe a law, or a provision of a law, in relation to its operation in prescribed circumstances.