Bill
Narcotic Drugs Amendment Bill 2016
passed, as at 2016-02-29. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-02-10
- second reading — 2016-02-10
- second reading — 2016-02-23
- second reading — 2016-02-23
- third reading — 2016-02-23
- introduced — 2016-02-24
- second reading — 2016-02-24
- second reading — 2016-02-24
- second reading — 2016-02-24
- third reading — 2016-02-24
- passed — 2016-02-24
- royal assent — 2016-02-29
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-02-10.
The bill would allow cannabis to be grown in Australia for medical use and let patients obtain medicinal cannabis.
It creates a licensing scheme with two types of licences, a strict 'fit and proper person' test, and a permit system to control production.
The Secretary of the Department of Health could order the destruction of cannabis produced under a licence.
- Allows cannabis cultivation in Australia for medicinal and related scientific purposes.
- Establishes a licensing scheme with two licence types, a 'fit and proper person' test, and a permit system.
- Updates manufacturing provisions to mirror the cannabis licence scheme.
- Confers decision-making powers on the Secretary instead of the Minister.
- Introduces a cost-recovery scheme to fund administration of the licensing scheme.
Australian patients in need of medicinal cannabis, cannabis growers, manufacturers, and the Department of Health.
Sources
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