New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

HEMP INDUSTRY REGULATION 2008 - NOTES

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Hemp Industry Act 2008.
Minister for Primary Industries

Explanatory note

The Hemp Industry Act 2008 ( "the Act") provides for a licensing scheme that enables a licensee to cultivate or supply hemp that has a concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol in the leaves and flowering heads not exceeding 1% ( "low-THC hemp") for commercial production or other legitimate purposes. The object of this Regulation is to make provision for the following matters under the Act:

(a) further particulars that are to be included in an application for a licence to cultivate or supply low-THC hemp,

(b) applications for the renewal or transfer of a licence,

(c) further grounds on which the Director-General of the Department of Primary Industries may refuse to grant, or revoke, a licence,

(d) further licence conditions (including conditions requiring licensees to pay an annual licence fee, to keep a register and to report to the Director-General on an annual basis),

(e) prescribing the maximum amount of the fees that may be approved by the Director-General in relation to licence applications,

(f) prescribing the offence under section 6 of the Act of not complying with a licence (including the conditions of the licence) as an offence that may be dealt with by way of a penalty notice.

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

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