Queensland Consolidated Acts

DRUGS MISUSE ACT 1986 - SECT 52

52 What seed handler licences authorise

A seed handler licence authorises the licensee, in accordance with the licence—

(a) to supply denatured seed to a person who is authorised to possess processed cannabis; and

(b) to supply industrial cannabis seed to any of the following—

(i) a grower;

(ii) a researcher;

(iii) a seed handler;

(iv) a person authorised under a regulation under section 48 to possess industrial cannabis plants or seed;

(v) 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 the person in the other State may possess;

(vi) if the seed handler holds a licence under the Customs Act 1901 (Cwlth) authorising the seed handler to export cannabis—a person in a foreign country who is authorised under the law of the country to possess the seed; and

(c) to possess industrial cannabis seed—

(i) for the purpose of denaturing the seed and supplying the denatured seed to a person mentioned in paragraph (a) ; or

(ii) for the purpose of—

(A) cleaning, drying and grading the seed; and

(B) supplying the seed to a person mentioned in paragraph (b) ; or

(iii) for the purpose of otherwise storing the seed before supplying the seed to a person mentioned in paragraph (b) .