Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Destruction

• 43 (1) A holder of a licence is authorized to destroy cannabis only

  • (a) in accordance with a method that

    • (i) complies with all federal, provincial and municipal environmental protection legislation applicable to the location where it is to be destroyed, and

    • (ii) does not result in any individual being exposed to cannabis smoke or cannabis vapour;

  • (b) in the presence of at least two individuals who are qualified to witness the destruction and, except in the case of a holder of a licence for analytical testing or a licence for research, one of whom is an individual referred to in paragraph (2)(a); and

  • (c) in the case where the cannabis is destroyed at a location other than the site set out in the licence, the holder of the licence ensures that the cannabis that is at the location is, at all times, in the presence of at least one individual referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or, in the case of a holder of a licence for analytical testing or a licence for research, an individual referred to in paragraph (2)(b).

• Marginal note:Witness to destruction

  (2) The following individuals are qualified to witness the destruction of cannabis:

  • (a) an individual who holds a security clearance; and

  • (b) an employee of the holder of the licence.