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Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis-Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2021

The Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis-Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2021 was referred to the Standing Committee on Law and Justice for inquiry and report on 23 November 2021.

The inquiry commenced on 4 April 2022.

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Terms of reference - Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill 2021 - updated 10 May 2022

Date	Milestone
23 Nov 2021	Referred
01 May 2022	Submissions closed
16 Jun 2022	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
11 Aug 2022	Final Report

No. 1 United in Compassion Ltd
No. 2 Dalgarno Institute
No. 3 Ms Carol Smith
No. 4 Dr James Connell
No. 5 Mr Nicholas Campbell
No. 6 Mr Stephen Porter
No. 7 Mr Nick Adams
No. 8 Mr Lachlan Verrall
No. 9 Mr Dean Harris
No. 10 Mr Scott Ford
No. 11 Mr Kevin Bohacz
No. 12 Mr Kyle Barrington
No. 13 Mr Besim Sinanovski
No. 14 Mr Murray Harris
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No. 16 Ms Pat Schultz
No. 17 Mr David Munday
No. 18 Mr David Zaloudek
No. 19 Miss Karen McMahon
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No. 41 Drug Free Australia
No. 42 Mr Justin Ruse
No. 43 Mr Ricky Wood
No. 44 Ms Cheryl Egan
No. 45 Mr Arron Walsh-lavelle
No. 46 Ms Nicole Egan
No. 47 Drive Change
No. 48 Medicinal Cannabis Industry Australia
No. 49 Dr Michael White
No. 49a Dr Michael White
No. 49b Dr Michael White
No. 50 Australasian College of Road Safety
No. 51 Mr Craig Hartland
No. 52 Anspec Pty Ltd
No. 53 Mr Thomas Ziska
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No. 55 Mr Isaac Jordan
No. 56 Mrs Chloe Jean Teh
No. 57 Dr John Teh
No. 58 NSW Council for Civil Liberties
No. 59 Mr Andre Habibi
No. 60 Australian Lawyers Alliance
No. 61 Nimbin HEMP Embassy
No. 62 Alcohol and Drug Foundation
No. 63 NSW Young Lawyers and NSW Young Lawyers Criminal Law Sub-Committee
No. 64 Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association
No. 65 Society of Cannabis Clinicians Australian Chapter
No. 66 Harm Reduction Australia
No. 67 TCann Pty Ltd
No. 68 Mills Oakley
No. 69 Medical Cannabis Users Association of Australia (MCUA)
No. 70 Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics
No. 71 Legalise Cannabis NSW
No. 72 Mr Owen Harris
No. 73 Mr Nicholas Robinson
No. 74 Mr Jason Foster
No. 75 Mr Macciza Macpherson
No. 76 Mr Steve Bolt
No. 77 Mr Paul Ceccato
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No. 79 Ms Debbie Ranson
No. 80 Ashley Gunns
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No. 96 Confidential
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No. 100 Confidential
No. 101 New South Wales Bar Association
No. 102 Levin Health Ltd.
No. 103 The Law Society of New South Wales
No. 104 Positive Life NSW
No. 105 NSW Government
No. 106 Little Green Pharma

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2022-08-22	22/08/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Government
2022-08-22	22/08/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Society of Cannabis Clinicians Australian Chapter
2022-08-22	22/08/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Australasian College of Road Safety
2022-08-22	22/08/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Bar Association
2022-08-19	19/08/2022	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, University of Sydney
2022-08-08	08/08/2022	Proforma	Pro Forma A - standard text
2022-08-08	08/08/2022	Proforma	Pro Forma B - standard text and variation
2022-07-04	04/07/2022	Correspondence	4 July 2022 – Letter from Mr David Heilpern, Drive Change Co-Founder, to Chair, responding to the committee's request for information, attaching NSW Local Court judgments
2022-06-16	16/06/2022	Tabled Document	Research article by Ellis et al, 'Medical cannabis and automobile accidents: Evidence from auto insurance', Health Economics, 12 June 2022, tendered by Ms Lucy Haslam
2022-06-16	16/06/2022	Tabled Document	Research article by Ortiz-Peregrina et al, 'Eﬀects of Smoking Cannabis on Visual Function and Driving Performance. A Driving-Simulator Based Study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 3 December 2020, tendered by Mr Shane Varcoe
2022-04-07	07/04/2022	Media Release	Parliamentary committee to consider bill to exclude medical cannabis users from driving offences

Name	Role	Phone	Email
Merrin Thompson	Director Committees	9230 2895	[email protected]
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Maddie Hollins	Senior Council Officer	9230 2062	[email protected]

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