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4  Pending applications for new licences—applications by persons who do not hold a converted or preserved licence
(1) This item applies if:
 (a) before the transition time, a person made one or more cannabis licence applications; and
 (b) immediately before the transition time, the Secretary has not made a decision on the application or on any or all of those applications (as the case may be); and
 (c) at the transition time, the person does not hold a converted licence or a preserved licence.

Single cannabis licence application
(2) Both of the following apply if the person made only one cannabis licence application:
 (a) the application is taken, immediately after the transition time, to be an application (the deemed application) made under subsection 8E(1) of the Narcotic Drugs Act, as amended by Schedule 1 to this Act, for a medicinal cannabis licence;
 (b) after that time, the deemed application may be dealt with, or may continue to be dealt with, under Part 2 of Chapter 2 of the Narcotic Drugs Act, as so amended.

Multiple cannabis licence applications
(3) Both of the following apply if the person made 2 or more cannabis licence applications:
 (a) the applications are taken, immediately after the transition time, to be a single application made under subsection 8E(1) of the Narcotic Drugs Act, as amended by Schedule 1 to this Act, for a single medicinal cannabis licence;
 (b) after that time, the single application may be dealt with, or may continue to be dealt with, under Part 2 of Chapter 2 of the Narcotic Drugs Act, as so amended.