Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NARCOTIC DRUGS ACT 1967 - SECT 9

             (1)  A person who manufactures, or proposes to manufacture, a drug at any premises may apply to the Minister for a licence to manufacture that drug at those premises.

             (2)  The Minister may require a person who applies for a licence under this section to furnish to the Minister, or to another person specified by the Minister, such information as the Minister considers necessary.

             (3)  Where a person applies for a licence under this section, the Minister shall grant the licence to him or her unless:

                     (a)  the applicant has failed to furnish any information that he or she has been required to furnish under the last preceding subsection;

                     (b)  the Minister is not satisfied that the applicant manufactures, or proposes to manufacture, the drug specified in the application at the premises so specified; or

                     (c)  the Minister is of the opinion that the grant of the licence would not be consistent with the obligations of the Commonwealth under the Convention.

             (4)  The Minister may specify in the licence such conditions applicable to the licence as he or she determines.

             (5)  In this section, Minister means the Minister for Health.