Next Q: what type of licence and permit. ODC licences and...

Next Q: what type of licence and permit.

ODC licences and permits
You (or your organisation) must have a medicinal cannabis or cannabis research licence (an ODC licence) to obtain the right to lawfully cultivate cannabis for medicinal purposes. Further, once you have a licence, you must obtain a medicinal cannabis or cannabis research permit (an ODC permit) before you can cultivate a crop. The permit sets out the specifics of that crop, such as how much and what type can be grown.

A patient cannot be legally provided with medicinal cannabis that has not been through a manufacturer: labelling a medicinal product is a manufacturing step.

Licences
An ODC licence allows you to legally cultivate and/or produce cannabis for medicinal or associated research purposes.

All licences will have conditions that require that any cannabis cultivated or produced is done in accordance with a permit. Once you have a licence, you can apply for a permit, which outlines the amounts and types of cannabis you can cultivate or produce.

A licence combined with a permit allows you to obtain cannabis material (such as equipment, seeds and nursery stock) and covers associated cultivation and production purposes.

Permits
A licence does not allow for the cultivation or production of cannabis unless accompanied by an associated permit, which will outline:

• the types of cannabis plants that can be cultivated
• the quantities that can be produced
• the timeframes in which authorised activities can occur
• the next party in the supply chain (specific manufacturer or researcher).

Cultivation and production
We grant licences and permits for cultivation and production:

• Cultivation includes all steps up to, but not including, harvest.
• Production consists of harvest and placing in a container for the purpose of manufacture or research.

ODC will grant the following medicinal cannabis cultivation and production licences:

• Medicinal cannabis licence (for supply for human medicinal use), covering either cultivation, production or (most likely) both.
• cannabis research cultivation licence (for solely research purposes: use in humans prohibited), covering either cultivation, production or (most likely) both.