Queensland Consolidated Acts

DRUGS MISUSE ACT 1986 - SECT 57

(1) A person is eligible to obtain a category 1 or category 2 researcher licence only if the person satisfies the chief executive that--

(a) the person has the necessary educational or other qualifications and experience to engage in plant breeding or other research involving the use of industrial cannabis or class A or class B research cannabis; or

(b) if the applicant is a corporation--a person employed by the corporation to carry out plant breeding under the licence has the necessary educational or other qualifications and experience to engage in plant breeding or other research involving the use of industrial cannabis or class A or class B research cannabis.

(2) However, an individual is not eligible to obtain a category 1 or category 2 researcher licence if the individual--

(a) has been convicted within the preceding 10 years of a serious offence; or

(b) is affected by bankruptcy action.