Bill C-539

SUMMARY

This enactment requires the Governor in Council to amend the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations to provide that

(a) a person is not eligible to be issued a personal-use production licence if they have been convicted as an adult of a designated drug offence or its foreign equivalent in the previous 10 years;

(b) the proposed marihuana production site must be within 100 kilometres of the residence of the holder of a personal-use production licence;

(c) a licence to produce marihuana shall not be renewed until an inspection of the production area has taken place; and

(d) if a licence to produce is issued in connection with a production area that is located in or on the grounds of a residential or commercial building with more than one unit, the holder of the licence is required to notify the owner and all occupants of the building of the issuance of the licence within 30 days after its issuance.