Industrial Hemp Act 2015

On receipt of an application for a licence, the Secretary may carry out such investigations and inquiries as the Secretary considers necessary to determine the application.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Secretary is to forward a copy of an application for a licence to the Commissioner of Police.

The Commissioner of Police is to inquire into, and report to the Secretary on, such matters concerning the application for a licence as the Secretary requests.

The Commissioner of Police is not required to disclose information under subsection (1B) to the extent that to do so would prejudice the prevention, investigation or prosecution of an offence.

The Secretary may, by notice in writing, require an applicant to – provide such information, and produce such records, as are relevant to the investigation of the application and specified in the notice; and provide the Secretary with such authorities and consents as the Secretary directs to enable the Secretary to obtain financial or other confidential information concerning the applicant from other persons.

If a requirement made under this section is not complied with, the Secretary may refuse to determine the application.