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Cannabis Control Act, 2022 covers Trinidad and Tobago's Cannabis Control Act, 2022 (Act No. 10 of 2022) as enacted, for what it does to cannabis: its definitions, the Cannabis Licensing Authority, the medicinal and religious licences, and its links to the Dangerous Drugs Act. The decriminalisation of small amounts in 2019 was the work of a separate statute, the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act, 2019, which appears here only as background; the wider legal history of cannabis in the country is on Trinidad and Tobago.
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- The Act. Cited from the copy in the Digital Legislative Library of the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs, the Act as printed in the Legal Supplement Part A to the Trinidad and Tobago Gazette, vol. 61, no. 108, 23 June 2022 (printed pp. 146–192). Section numbers are the Act's own.
- Passage and status. The dates of introduction, the third readings, the agreement to the Senate amendments and assent, and the status line "Assent: Awaiting Proclamation", come from the Parliament's page for the Cannabis Control Bill, 2020. The Parliament's page for the Act gives the same assent date and 23 June 2022 for publication in the Gazette.
- The Dangerous Drugs Act. Cited from the Act of 1991 as enacted (Act No. 38 of 1991) for its Second Schedule, and from the unofficial consolidation updated to 31 December 2016 for section 5. The 2019 amendment is Act No. 24 of 2019; Legal Notice No. 397 of 2019 fixed 23 December 2019 for its commencement.
- The 2026 bill. The Parliament's page for the bill gives its long title, stages and votes, which is all the article says of it; what the bill would change in this Act is not described.
Where the sources disagree
- Senate passage. The Parliament's page dates the third reading in the Senate 17 May 2022; the endorsement printed at the end of the Act reads "Passed in the Senate this 18th day of May, 2022." The article follows the Parliament's date.
- House passage. The Parliament's page dates the third reading in the House of Representatives 29 April 2022. The endorsement reads "Passed in the House of Representatives this 3rd day of June, 2022.", the date on which, by both sources, the House agreed to the Senate amendments. The article gives 29 April for the third reading and 3 June for the agreement to the amendments.
Open points
- Commencement. The status rests on the Parliament's page as of 2 November 2026. A proclamation under section 2, or a notice under section 9 naming the members of the Board, would change it.
- Regulations. Much of the scheme (fees, forms, records, the frequency of sacramental dispensing) is left to regulations under section 67, which need the affirmative resolution of Parliament.