Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 11 February 2026
These regulations are administered in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations –(a) provide for the certification of hemp seed; and(b) declare, in relation to the suitability of an applicant for an industrial hemp licence or special research licence, corresponding laws for drug-related offences; and(c) specify circumstances in which the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania must refuse to grant a special research licence to a person; and(d) require the THC concentration of hemp grown under a licence to be tested before harvest; and(e) prescribe certain offences as offences for which an infringement notice may be issued; and(f) are made consequent on the repeal of the Industrial Hemp Regulations 2016 under section 11 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 .