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Industrial Hemp Regulations — section35 commencement

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SOR/2018-145 · Canada · source version Official current-to2026-09-30, last-amended2026-06-04; section35 only · retained review 2026-10-27

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Provision timeline

  1. 2018-06-27 · issued

    Registration date ofSOR2018-145, not its whole commencement

  2. 2018-10-17 · effective

    Section35(1) general commencement, expressly exceptingsection34

  3. 2019-01-15 · delayed effective

    Only consequential amendmentsection34 undersection35(2)

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