Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations

Marginal note:Refusal to issue import permit

96 The Minister must refuse to issue an import permit if

• (a) in respect of the application for the permit, there exists a circumstance described in paragraph 36(1)(d), (e), (f) or (h), with any modifications that the circumstances require;

• (b) the applicant does not hold a producer’s licence with respect to the substance that is to be imported;

• (c) the applicant has been notified that one of the following applications submitted by the applicant in respect of the producer’s licence to which the requested permit pertains is to be refused under section 36:

  • (i) an application under section 33 for a producer’s licence,

  • (ii) an application under section 38 for the renewal of a producer’s licence, or

  • (iii) an application under section 39 for the amendment of a producer’s licence; or

• (d) the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that

  • (i) the shipment for which the permit is requested would contravene the laws of the country of export or any country of transit or transhipment, or

  • (ii) the importation is for the purpose of re-exporting the substance.