Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a person has made an application for a medicinal cannabis licence, the Secretary must decide whether to grant, or refuse to grant, the licence.
(2) The Secretary may, subject to sections 8G and 8J, grant a medicinal cannabis licence if the Secretary considers it appropriate in all the circumstances to do so.
(3) For the purposes of deciding whether to grant, or refuse to grant, a medicinal cannabis licence, the Secretary:
(a) must have regard to the following:
(i) the information and documents provided by the applicant;
(ii) any advice, information or documents received in response to a request or requirement under section 14J, 14K or 14L including, in particular, any advice provided by an agency of a State or Territory in which any activities proposed to be authorised by the licence will take place;
(iii) any other matter prescribed by the regulations; and
(b) may have regard to any other matter relating to the conduct of activities authorised by the licence or the distribution, use and possession of:
(i) cannabis plants cultivated or obtained under the licence; or
(ii) cannabis or cannabis resin produced under the licence; or
(iii) a cannabis drug manufactured under the licence; and
(c) may have regard to any other matter the Secretary considers relevant; and
(d) may require the applicant to provide access to premises at which activities proposed to be authorised by the licence will take place, for the purposes of inspecting the premises.
Note: The Secretary must have regard to any applicable guidelines (see subsection 26C(2)).