Industrial Hemp Regulations (SOR/2018-145)

General Provisions

Marginal note:Storage

31 A holder of a licence that authorizes sale must store flowering heads, leaves or branches that are intended for sale under section 28 under conditions that maintain their quality.

Marginal note:Transport, send and deliver

32 A holder of a licence that authorizes sale must transport, send or deliver flowering heads, leaves or branches that are intended for sale under section 28 in a manner that maintains their quality.

Documents

Marginal note:General

• 33 (1) A holder of a licence must retain documents that contain the following information:

  • (a) the form in which the industrial hemp is imported, exported, purchased or sold, and its variety, if applicable;

  • (b) the quantity, in kilograms, of each form imported, exported, purchased or sold;

  • (c) the date on which each shipment of industrial hemp is sent or received;

  • (d) in the case of a holder that transports, sends or delivers industrial hemp, the name of the person that conducts these activities on behalf of the holder, if applicable; and

  • (e) the results of any tests required by these Regulations.

• Marginal note:Licence that authorizes sale

  (2) A holder of a licence that authorizes sale must also retain documents that contain the following information:

  • (a) the name, address and licence number of the holder of a licence or a licence within the meaning of the Cannabis Regulations to which any flowering heads, leaves, branches, seed or grain is sold; and

  • (b) if applicable, the name and licence number of the holder of a licence from which the flowering heads, leaves, branches, seed or grain was purchased, the date on which it was purchased and the quantity, in kilograms, of each form that was purchased.

• Marginal note:Licence that authorizes importation

  (3) A holder of a licence that authorizes importation must also retain documents that contain the following information:

  • (a) the name, address and licence number of the holder of a licence, or a licence within the meaning of the Cannabis Regulations, to which the seed or grain is sold; and

  • (b) the name of the exporter and their address in the country of export.

• Marginal note:Licence that authorizes exportation

  (4) A holder of a licence that authorizes exportation must also retain documents that contain the following information:

  • (a) the name of the importer and their address in the country of import; and

  • (b) if applicable, the name and licence number of the holder of a licence from which the seed or grain was purchased, the date on which it was purchased and the quantity, in kilograms, of each form that was purchased.

• Marginal note:Licence that authorizes cultivation

  (5) A holder of a licence that authorizes cultivation must also retain documents that contain the following information:

  • (a) the quantity of seed, in kilograms, of each approved cultivar that is sown or, in the case of a plant breeder, of each variety, and the quantity of seed harvested, in kilograms; and

  • (b) except in the case of the plant breeder, confirmation of the pedigreed status of the seed sown, including the official tag as defined in subsection 2(2) of the Seeds Regulations.

• Marginal note:Place and period of retention

  (6) The documents referred to in subsections (1) to (5) must be retained at the address of the place for document retention as provided in the licence application, or at the address provided under paragraph 6(1)(f), for at least one year after the day on which they were prepared or received.

Consequential Amendment

34 [Amendment]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:

• Footnote ^*35 (1) These Regulations, except section 34, come into force on the day on which subsection 204(1) of the Cannabis Act comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.

• Marginal note:

• S.C. 2012, c. 24

(2) Section 34 comes into force on the day on which section 90 of the Safe Food for Canadians Act comes into force.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Regulations, except section 34, in force October 17, 2018, see SI/2018-52; section 34 in force January 15, 2019, see SI/2018-39.]