Industrial Hemp Register
26 Industrial Hemp Register
The
Chief Executive must establish and maintain an industrial hemp register.
The industrial hemp register must contain the following information:
the name of each licence holder;
the location of the premises at which hemp or industrial hemp is authorised to be cultivated or processed under the licence;
other information as required by the regulations.
The
Chief Executive must ensure that the industrial hemp register, or any part of the register, is only accessed by a prescribed person, or a person of a prescribed class who is authorised to do so by the
Chief Executive.
The
Chief Executive must ensure that personal information in the industrial hemp register is only disclosed in accordance with this
Act.
Unless a disclosure is authorised under this section, a person authorised to have access to the industrial hemp register or any part of the register must not disclose to any person the following information in the register:
personal information;
the location of specified premises;
commercial in confidence information.
Maximum penalty: $15 000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
The
Chief Executive or a person authorised to have access to the industrial hemp register or any part of the register may disclose personal information in the industrial hemp register to a public authority—
for the purpose of law enforcement; or
as required by or under any Act or law; or
if the Chief Executive or a person authorised to have access to the register believes on reasonable grounds that to do so is necessary to enable the proper administration of the Act.
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