His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Hemp Industry Act 2008.

IAN MACDONALD, M.L.C.,

Explanatory note

The Hemp Industry Act 2008 (the Act) provides for a licensing scheme that enables a licensee to cultivate or supply hemp that has a concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol in the leaves and flowering heads not exceeding 1% (low-THC hemp) for commercial production or other legitimate purposes. The object of this Regulation is to make provision for the following matters under the Act:

(a)  further particulars that are to be included in an application for a licence to cultivate or supply low-THC hemp,

(b)  applications for the renewal or transfer of a licence,

(c)  further grounds on which the Director-General of the Department of Primary Industries may refuse to grant, or revoke, a licence,

(d)  further licence conditions (including conditions requiring licensees to pay an annual licence fee, to keep a register and to report to the Director-General on an annual basis),

(e)  prescribing the maximum amount of the fees that may be approved by the Director-General in relation to licence applications,

(f)  prescribing the offence under section 6 of the Act of not complying with a licence (including the conditions of the licence) as an offence that may be dealt with by way of a penalty notice.

This Regulation is made under the Hemp Industry Act 2008, including section 46 (the general regulation-making power) and the various other provisions referred to in this Regulation.