Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Authorized activities

• 28 (1) Subject to the other provisions of these Regulations, a holder of a licence for research is authorized to conduct those of the following activities, that are authorized by the licence:

  • (a) for the purpose of research,

    • (i) to possess cannabis,

    • (ii) to produce cannabis, and

    • (iii) to transport, send or deliver cannabis between the sites that are set out by the licence; and

  • (b) to sell cannabis plants and cannabis plant seeds to any of the following:

    • (i) a holder of a licence for cultivation,

    • (ii) another holder of a licence for research,

    • (iii) a holder of a cannabis drug licence,

    • (iv) the Minister, or

    • (v) a person to which an exemption has been granted under section 140 of the Act in relation to the cannabis or class of cannabis that is sold or distributed.

• Marginal note:Offer

  (2) A holder of a licence for research that is authorized to conduct the activity referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) is also authorized to offer to obtain cannabis by any method authorized by the licence.

• Marginal note:Use of organic solvent

  (3) A holder of a licence for research that is authorized to obtain cannabis by altering its chemical or physical properties by any means is also authorized to alter or offer to alter its chemical or physical properties by the use of an organic solvent when conducting that activity.

• Marginal note:Administer and distribute — research subject

  (4) A holder of a licence for research is also authorized, for the purpose of research, to administer and distribute cannabis to a research subject.

• Marginal note:Distribution

  (5) A holder of a licence for research is also authorized to distribute

  • (a) cannabis to any of the following:

    • (i) another holder of a licence for research,

    • (ii) a holder of a licence for analytical testing,

    • (iii) a holder of a cannabis drug licence, or

    • (iv) the Minister; and

  • (b) cannabis plants and cannabis plant seeds to the following:

    • (i) a holder of a licence for cultivation, or

    • (ii) a person to which an exemption has been granted under section 140 of the Act in relation to the cannabis or class of cannabis that is sold or distributed.