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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 69Q Amendment of licences

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 69Q

Amendment of licences

    (1)     The Secretary may—

        (a)     amend an existing term, condition, limitation or restriction to which a poppy cultivation licence or poppy processing licence is subject; or

        (b)     impose a new term, condition, limitation or restriction on the poppy cultivation licence or the poppy processing licence.

    (2)     The Secretary may exercise a power under subsection (1)—

        (a)     on the application of the licensed grower or the licensed processor; or

        (b)     in the Secretary's discretion.

    (3)     The Secretary must determine an application made under subsection (2)(a) within 28 days of receiving the application.

    (4)     The Secretary must notify the licensed grower or the licensed processor, in writing within 7 business days, if an amendment to a licence is made under subsection (1)(a) or (b).

    (5)     An application by a licensed grower or a licensed processor made under subsection (2)(a) must—

        (a)     be in writing; and

        (b)     be accompanied by the relevant prescribed fee (if any); and

        (c)     be accompanied by any prescribed particulars.

S. 69QA inserted by No. 13/2014 s. 4.