Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person may apply to the Secretary for a licence (a medicinal cannabis licence ) that authorises one or more of the following activities:
(a) the cultivation of cannabis plants, in accordance with one or more medicinal cannabis permits, for the purpose of producing cannabis or cannabis resin for medicinal or scientific purposes and, if appropriate, the obtaining of cannabis plants for the purpose of such cultivation;
(b) the production of cannabis or cannabis resin for medicinal or scientific purposes, in accordance with one or more medicinal cannabis permits;
(c) the manufacture of a cannabis drug for one or more permitted supplies, in accordance with one or more medicinal cannabis permits;
(d) activities relating to such obtaining, cultivation, production or manufacture, including but not limited to the following (as applicable):
(i) the supply of cannabis plants or a cannabis drug;
(ii) the packaging, transport, storage, possession and control of cannabis plants or a cannabis drug;
(iii) the taking of samples from cannabis plants or a cannabis drug and the testing of such samples;
(iv) the disposal or destruction of cannabis plants or a cannabis drug.
(2) The application must be made in the form or manner approved in writing by the Secretary, and must:
(a) contain the information (if any) prescribed by the regulations; and
(b) contain the information (if any) specified in writing by the Secretary; and
(c) be accompanied by the documents (if any) prescribed by the regulations; and
(d) be accompanied by the documents (if any) specified in writing by the Secretary.
Note: The Secretary may also require additional information and documents from the applicant at any time: see subsection 14J(1).
(3) The application must be accompanied by the application fee (if any) prescribed by the regulations.
(4) The application may be withdrawn at any time before a decision is made on the application, but the application fee is not refundable.