Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Outermost container

• 122.4 (1) The outermost container in which a cannabis product is packaged must not contain

  • (a) food;

  • (b) more than one class of cannabis set out in Schedule 4 to the Act; or

  • (c) more than one immediate container.

• Marginal note:Exception — multiple immediate containers

  (2) Despite paragraph (1)(c), the outermost container may contain more than one immediate container if the following requirements are met:

  • (a) in the case of dried cannabis or fresh cannabis,

    • (i) the outermost container,

      • (A) meets the requirements of section 124, if it contains cannabis that is in discrete units and that is not intended to be consumed by means of inhalation,

      • (B) meets the requirements of section 124.1, if it contains cannabis that is in discrete units and that is intended to be consumed by means of inhalation, or

      • (C) despite section 125, meets the requirements of section 124.1 if it contains cannabis that is not in discrete units, as if it were in discrete units;

    • (ii) the immediate containers meet the requirements of

      • (A) section 124, if they contain cannabis that is in discrete units and that is not intended to be consumed by means of inhalation,

      • (B) section 124.1, if they contain cannabis that is in discrete units and that is intended to be consumed by means of inhalation, or

      • (C) section 125, if they contain cannabis that is not in discrete units;

    • (iii) the quantity of cannabis contained in the outermost container does not exceed the equivalent of 30 g of dried cannabis, as determined in accordance with subsection 2(4) of the Act, and

    • (iv) the properties of the cannabis are consistent in all immediate containers;

  • (b) in the case of a cannabis extract,

    • (i) the outermost container,

      • (A) meets the requirements of section 132.1, if it contains cannabis that is in discrete units and that is not intended to be consumed by means of inhalation,

      • (B) meets the requirements of section 132.11, if it contains cannabis that is in discrete units and that is intended to be consumed by means of inhalation, or

      • (C) despite section 132.12, meets the requirements of section 132.11 if it contains cannabis that is not in discrete units, as if it were in discrete units;

    • (ii) the immediate containers meet the requirements of

      • (A) section 132.1, if they contain cannabis that is in discrete units and that is not intended to be consumed by means of inhalation,

      • (B) section 132.11, if they contain cannabis that is in discrete units and that is intended to be consumed by means of inhalation, or

      • (C) section 132.12, if they contain cannabis that is not in discrete units;

    • (iii) the quantity of cannabis contained in the outermost container does not exceed the equivalent of 30 g of dried cannabis, as determined in accordance with subsection 2(4) of the Act, and

    • (iv) the properties of the cannabis are consistent in all the immediate containers;

  • (c) in the case of a cannabis topical,

    • (i) the outermost container,

      • (A) meets the requirements of section 132.15, if it contains cannabis that is in discrete units, or

      • (B) despite section 132.16, meets the requirements of section 132.15 if it contains cannabis that is not in discrete units, as if it were in discrete units;

    • (ii) the immediate containers meet the requirements, of

      • (A) section 132.15, if they contain cannabis that is in discrete units, or

      • (B) section 132.16, if they contain cannabis that is not in discrete units;

    • (iii) the quantity of cannabis contained in the outermost container does not exceed the equivalent of 30 g of dried cannabis, as determined in accordance with subsection 2(4) of the Act, and

    • (iv) the properties of the cannabis are consistent in all the immediate containers;

  • (d) in the case of edible cannabis,

    • (i) the outermost container,

      • (A) meets the requirements of section 132.18, if it contains cannabis that is in discrete units, or

      • (B) despite section 132.19, meets the requirements of section 132.18 if it contains cannabis that is not in discrete units, as if it were in discrete units;

    • (ii) the immediate containers meet the requirements, of

      • (A) section 132.18, if they contain cannabis that is in discrete units, or

      • (B) section 132.19, if they contain cannabis that is not in discrete units;

    • (iii) the quantity of cannabis contained in the outermost container does not exceed the equivalent of 30 g of dried cannabis, as determined in accordance with subsection 2(4) of the Act, and

    • (iv) the properties of the cannabis are consistent in all the immediate containers.

• Marginal note:Interpretation — “unit”

  (3) References to “unit” are to be read as references to “immediate container”

  • (a) for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(a)(i), in paragraphs 124(1)(b) and (c) and 124.1(b) and (c);

  • (b) for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(b)(i), in paragraphs 132.1(1)(b) and (c) and 132.11(b) and (c);

  • (c) for the purposes of clause (2)(c)(i)(A), in paragraphs 132.15(b) and (c);

  • (d) for the purposes of clause (2)(c)(i)(B), in paragraphs 132.15(b), (c), (e) and (g);

  • (e) for the purposes of clause (2)(d)(i)(A), in paragraph 132.18(1)(b); and

  • (f) for the purposes of clause (2)(d)(i)(B), in paragraphs 132.18(1)(b), (d), and (h).