Western Australian Numbered Acts

INDUSTRIAL HEMP ACT 2004 (NO. 1 OF 2004) - SECT 55

55 .         The Act amended

        (1)         The amendment in this Part is to the Poisons Act 1964 *.

        [*         Reprinted as at 22 January 1999.
                For subsequent amendments see Western Australian Legislation Information Tables for 2002, Table 1, p. 300 and Act No. 9 of 2003 and Gazette 10 October 2003 p. 4403-4 and p. 4404-5. ]

        (2)         After section 7 the following section is inserted in Part I —

“
7A.         Application: industrial hemp, industrial hemp seed and processed industrial hemp

                This Act does not apply to —

            (a)         industrial hemp or industrial hemp seed as defined in section 3(1) of the Industrial Hemp Act 2004 ; or

            (b)         processed industrial hemp as defined in section 3(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 .

”.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term         Provision(s)
application         3(1)
approved         3(1)
approved analyst         3(1)
approved botanist         3(1)
authorised activity         3(1)
authorised premises         3(1)
cannabis         3(1)
Commissioner         3(1)
Department         3(1)
departmental officer         44
external serious drug offence         3(1)
industrial hemp         3(1), 50
industrial hemp seed         3(1), 50
inspector         3(1)
licence         3(1)
licensee         3(1)
plant         3(1)
premises         3(1)
process         3(1)
processed industrial hemp         50
Registrar         3(1)
relevant person         10(1), 12(1)
serious drug offence         3(1)
specified         37(4)
transferee         21(1)

By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer