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PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 77 Grounds for action to be taken

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 77

Grounds for action to be taken

77 Grounds for action to be taken

Each of the following is a ground for the chief executive to take administrative action in relation to an approval—

(a) the approval holder has contravened this Act or a condition of the approval;
(b) for a medicinal cannabis approval—
(i) the chief executive reasonably believes the administrative action is necessary to ensure the welfare of the patient; or
(ii) the patient or a carer for the patient has contravened this Act or a condition of the approval applying to the patient or the carer; or
(iii) the patient is not, or is no longer, suitable to undergo treatment with medicinal cannabis;
(c) the chief executive believes the administrative action is necessary to prevent or minimise a diversion risk or a substance risk;
(d) the approval holder is not, or is no longer, suitable to hold the approval;
(e) any of the following persons made a materially false or misleading representation or declaration to obtain the approval—
(i) generally—the approval holder; or
(ii) for a medicinal cannabis approval— a carer for the patient or a person with authority to consent to the patient’s treatment with medicinal cannabis.