Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00012:clause:1_7a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00012
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 7A
Character Range: 14441–15771

7A  Interaction with State and Territory laws
 (1) Despite section 7, Chapter 2 and section 25A of this Act, and other provisions of this Act so far as they relate to those provisions, apply to the exclusion of a law, or a provision of a law, of a State or a Territory to the extent that the law or provision purports to do one or more of the following:
 (a) provide for the grant of a licence (however described) authorising the cultivation of cannabis plants for the purposes of producing cannabis or cannabis resin for medicinal or related scientific purposes, or otherwise authorise such cultivation;
 (b) provide for the grant of a licence (however described) authorising the production of cannabis or cannabis resin for medicinal or related scientific purposes, or otherwise authorise such production;
 (c) prohibit an activity, or prevent a person from engaging in an activity, that is authorised under Chapter 2 or section 25A of this Act, or another provision of this Act so far as it relates to Chapter 2 or section 25A.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a law, or a provision of a law, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.
 (3) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (2) may prescribe a law, or a provision of a law, in relation to its operation in prescribed circumstances.