Bill
Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-11-30. Health and Aged Care portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health and Aged Care
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-08-03
- second reading — 2022-08-03
- second reading — 2022-09-06
- second reading — 2022-09-06
- third reading — 2022-09-06
- introduced — 2022-09-06
- second reading — 2022-09-06
- second reading — 2022-11-24
- second reading — 2022-11-24
- third reading — 2022-11-24
- passed — 2022-11-24
- royal assent — 2022-11-30
Divisions
- Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Amnesty from criminal prosecution — 2022-11-24, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 31
- Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Increase accessibility — 2022-11-24, Senate: negative, ayes 17, noes 30
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2022-08-03.
This bill would change the law about fees charged to people licensed to grow or make medicinal cannabis.
It would let the regulations set charges in more flexible ways, including setting a flat amount or a way to calculate it, and allow multiple charges for different matters in one charging period.
The bill also includes savings provisions to handle the transition after these changes.
- The bill would let regulations impose multiple separate charges on a licence holder during a charging period.
- It would let regulations specify either a fixed charge amount or a method for working out the charge.
- It would include savings provisions as a result of the other changes.
People and companies holding licences under the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 for cultivating, producing, or manufacturing medicinal cannabis.
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