Public Consultation on Draft Industrial Hemp Amendment Bill 2023

Public consultation was conducted on the draft Industrial Hemp Amendment Bill 2023 from 28 September to 25 October 2023.

Summary of submissions

A summary of submissions has been compiled to provide an overview of the feedback received.

Industrial Hemp Amendment Bill 2023 - Summary of Consultation (PDF 476Kb)

Individual submissions received

The submissions are ordered according to submission number below and all personal information has been removed.

Submission 1- Estelle Ross (PDF 75Kb)

Submission 2 - Tasmanian Farmers & Graziers Association (PDF 432Kb)

Submission 3 - David Grolman - Hale Farm (PDF 178Kb)

Submission 4 - Private Submission

Submission 5 - Department of Health and Aged Care, Office of Drug Control (PDF 143Kb)

Submission 6 - Tasmanian Hemp Association (PDF 247Kb)

Submission 7 - Australian Hemp Council (PDF 87Kb)

The Draft Bill proposed a number of changes to the Industrial Hemp Act 2015 and the Industrial Hemp Amendment Regulations 2016.

A copy of the Draft Bill is available for download.

Draft Industrial Hemp Amendment Bill 2023 (PDF 339Kb)

The Legislation Fact Sheet summarises the key elements of the Bill.

Legislation Fact Sheet Industrial Hemp Amendment Bill (PDF 95Kb)

The Final Report on the Review of the Industrial Hemp Act 2015 provides a plain English description of the proposed changes to the legislation, along with policy development and updates to licence conditions which are occuring as a result of the review.

Final Report on the Review of the Industial Hemp Act (PDF 1Mb)