Bill
Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2014
lapsed, as at 2016-04-17.
- Sponsor
- Richard Di Natale
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-11-27
- second reading — 2014-11-27
- other — 2016-04-17
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 2014-11-27.
The bill would create a national regulator for medicinal cannabis.
The Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis would approve products for a register and make rules for licensing production, use, and trade.
The Act would apply only in states and territories that choose to participate.
- Establishes the Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis to perform functions under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
- Allows the Regulator to approve medicinal cannabis products for a register, exempting them from the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.
- Gives the Regulator power to make licensing rules and monitor compliance.
States and territories that enter into an arrangement with the Commonwealth, and producers, users, and importers or exporters of medicinal cannabis.
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