Victorian Numbered Acts

ACCESS TO MEDICINAL CANNABIS ACT 2016 (NO. 20 OF 2016) - SECT 85

    (1)     A manufacturing inspector may seize or secure cannabis, cannabis material, an intermediate cannabis product or a medicinal cannabis product if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that the thing to be seized—

        (a)     is possessed or was manufactured in contravention of—

              (i)     this Act; or

              (ii)     the regulations; or

              (iii)     the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 ; or

              (iv)     the regulations under the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 ; or

              (v)     a manufacturing licence; or

        (b)     is possessed or manufactured by a person who holds a manufacturing licence that has been suspended or cancelled under this Act.

    (2)     The manufacturing inspector must give a copy of the receipt that is given under section 83 in respect of the seized cannabis to the Health Secretary.

    (3)     If the manufacturing inspector is a police officer, the inspector must also give a copy of the detention or seizure receipt to the Chief Commissioner of Police.

    (4)     The manufacturing inspector may, with any necessary assistance, supply seized cannabis to the Health Secretary.

    (5)     This section does not limit or prevent the exercise of any power by a police officer to commence a proceeding in respect of compliance with this Act in relation to any seized cannabis.