Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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.