Driving Rule Changes for Medicinal Cannabis Users
Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis-Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2025
Private Member's BillLegislative Council
Legislative Assembly
Assent
Introduced by: Cate Faehrmann MLC (GRN)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Drivers can avoid conviction for having THC in their oral fluid, blood or urine; they must prove the drug was obtained legally as medicine.
This defence does not apply to learner or provisional licence holders.
The defence also applies to people who had THC in their system before this law started.
The Transport Minister must review this defence after three years.
The Transport Minister must table a report in Parliament to decide if the rule is still appropriate.
News articles and press releases
Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis-Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2025
Ms CATE FAEHRMANN — 2025-05-28
The Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis-Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2025 amends the Road Transport Act 2013 to provide an exemption for people who test positive for THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, in their system if it was obtained legally through a medicinal cannabis prescription. This bill mirrors what I introduced in the last Parliament back in 2021, with minor amendments to address issues raised in the inquiry into that bill in 2021.