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DRUGS MISUSE ACT 1986 - SECT 50

What researcher licences authorise

50 What researcher licences authorise

(1) A researcher licence authorises the licensee, in accordance with the licence—
(a) to possess for research purposes—
(i) industrial cannabis plants and seed; and
(ii) class A and class B research cannabis plants and seed; and
(b) to produce, for use in plant breeding programs for developing new commercial strains of industrial cannabis—
(i) industrial cannabis plants and seed; and
(ii) class A and class B research cannabis plants and seed; and
(c) to supply class A and class B research cannabis plants and seed to—
(i) a grower for use, under the licensee’s supervision, as part of a field trial the licensee is conducting on land owned or leased by the grower; and
(ii) a researcher authorised to possess the cannabis plants and seed; and
(iii) a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess the cannabis plants and seed; and
(d) to supply industrial cannabis plants or seed to—
(i) a grower; or
(ii) a researcher; or
(iii) a seed handler; or
(iv) a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess industrial cannabis plants or seed; and
(e) to supply class A or class B research cannabis seed or industrial cannabis seed to—
(i) a person who holds a cannabis research licence or a medicinal cannabis licence under the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 (Cwlth) ; or
(ii) a person in another State who is authorised under the law of that State to possess cannabis seed that, if grown, will produce cannabis plants with a THC concentration in their leaves and flowering heads that the person in the other State may possess; and
(f) if the licensee holds a licence under the Customs Act 1901 (Cwlth) authorising the licensee to export cannabis—to supply class A or class B research cannabis seed or industrial cannabis seed to a person in another country who is authorised under the law of that country to possess the seed; and
(g) to supply processed cannabis to a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess processed cannabis.
(2) In this section—

"State" includes an external territory.



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