S.L. 628.1 Art. 35

(1) No person shall cultivate the plant cannabis and produce, process, store, transport and distribute cannabis in terms of the provisions of article 7A of the Act, except when in possession of a valid permit for the purpose issued by the Authority and a valid certificate of approval as provided in sub-regulation (2) hereunder.

(2) Without prejudice to the requirements established in any other law, no person shall use any premises to cultivate the plant cannabis and to produce, process, store and distribute cannabis in terms of article 7A of the Act, except when in respect of such premises, a valid certificate of approval for the purpose has been issued by the Authority.

(3) The Authority may, in granting or renewing any permit or approval under sub-regulations (1) and (2), impose any such condition as the Authority may deem fit and may restrict any activity that may be provided or carried out in the approved premises.

(4) The issuing and renewal of any permit or certificate of approval shall be without prejudice to the requirement of any other licence, authorization or approval required under any other law.

(5) No person may access any premises on which a certificate of approval to cultivate the cannabis plant and, or to produce, process, store and distribute cannabis in accordance with sub-regulations (1) and (2), unless such person is an administrator, an employee, a member or an approved service provider of the association in whose name the approval was issued:

Provided that a member of an association who is not an administrator, an employee or an approved service provider may only access the premises if the certificate of approval denotes that the premises may be used for the distribution of cannabis:

Provided further that the Authority may grant a derogation from this regulation in exceptional circumstances.

(6) An association shall not cultivate the cannabis plant or hold a stock of cannabis in excess of the amounts stipulated in the

Act and the Responsible Use of Cannabis (Possession of Cannabis by

Associations) Regulations issued in this regard, or in any binding instrument or written instruction issued by the Authority.