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HEMP FIBRE INDUSTRY FACILITATION ACT 2004 (NO. 48 OF 2004) - SECT 12

What grower licence authorises

A grower licence authorises the licensee, in accordance with the licence—

        (a)     to possess industrial hemp plants and seed; and

        (b)     to produce industrial hemp plants and seed from certified hemp seed; and

Note     While industrial hemp plants may have a THC concentration in their leaves and flowering heads of not more than 1%, certified hemp seed must be seed harvested from a plant with a THC concentration in its leaves and flowering heads of not more than 0.5%. The difference recognises that the leaves and flowering heads of plants grown using certified hemp seed may have more than 0.5% THC because of environmental conditions beyond a grower's control.

        (c)     to supply industrial hemp seed to—

              (i)     a category 1 or category 2 researcher; or

              (ii)     a grower; and

        (d)     to possess class A or class B research hemp seed for use under the supervision of a category 1 or category 2 researcher, as part of a field trial conducted on land owned or leased by the grower; and

        (e)     to produce class A or class B research hemp plants and seed under the supervision of a category 1 or category 2 researcher, as part of a field trial conducted on land owned or leased by the grower; and

        (f)     to supply to a category 1 or category 2 researcher class A or class B research hemp plants and seed produced on land owned or leased by the grower as part of a field trial conducted under the supervision of the category 1 or category 2 researcher; and

        (g)     to supply industrial hemp seed to someone in a State who is authorised under the law of the State to possess hemp seed that, if grown, will produce hemp plants with a THC concentration in their leaves and flowering heads the person in the other State may possess; and

        (h)     if the licensee holds a licence under the Customs Act 1901 (Cwlth) authorising the licensee to export hemp—to supply industrial hemp seed to someone in a foreign country who is authorised under the law of that country to possess the seed.



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