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O. Reg. 327/18: NON-APPLICATION OF ACT TO CERTAIN CANNABIS AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS

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Cannabis Act, 2017

ONTARIO REGULATION 327/18

NON-APPLICATION OF ACT TO CERTAIN CANNABIS AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS

Historical version for the period August 22, 2018 to October 16, 2018.

Note: THIS REGULATION IS NOT YET IN FORCE. It comes into force on October 17, 2018, the day subsection 5 (4) of Schedule 1 (Cannabis Act, 2017) to the Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 comes into force.

Last amendment: 415/18.

Legislative History: 415/18.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Industrial hemp

1. (1) The Act does not apply to activities respecting,

(a) a cannabis plant or any part of a cannabis plant whose leaves and flowering heads do not contain more than 0.3 per cent THC w/w;

(b) the derivatives of the grain or seed, but not of the leaves, flowers or branches, of a plant described in clause (a); or

(c) any product made from the derivatives of the grain or seed of a plant described in clause (a), if the product contains no more than 10 ppm THC.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the grain of a plant referred to in clause (1) (a) is an achene of such a plant that is not represented, sold or used to grow a plant.

Note: On October 17, 2018, the day subsection 5 (4) of Schedule 1 (Cannabis Act, 2017) to the Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 comes into force, section 1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 415/18, s. 1)

Industrial hemp

1. The Act does not apply to activities respecting,

(a) any form of industrial hemp, as those terms are defined by the Industrial Hemp Regulations made under the Cannabis Act (Canada), to which those Regulations apply; or

(b) derivatives or products made from derivatives that are subject to an exemption under section 2 of those Regulations. O. Reg. 415/18, s. 1.

Drugs under the Food and Drugs Act (Canada)

2. The Act does not apply to activities respecting drugs within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act (Canada) that are authorized for sale under that Act.

3. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).