Dear Sharna Butcher

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 10 July 2018. The Ministry's reference number for
your request is: H201804978
If you need to contact us at any stage about your request, please quote
this reference number in your correspondence.

You requested:

Ministry of health to provide all documentation, bills, acts, laws, and
any other documentation in regards to hemp and its classification.
All sub factors of hemp. ie.  Hemp leaves, hemp stalk, hemp root, hemp
powder, hemp seed.

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 07
August 2018 as required under the Official Information Act 1982.

Please note that a working day is defined in the Act as ‘any day of the
week other than a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day,
Labour Day, the Sovereigns birthday, Waitangi Day and a day in the period
commencing 25 December in any year and ending 15 January in the following
year.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Ministry
needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this
date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act).  We will advise you
if such an extension is necessary.

Yours sincerely,

Toelau Agaimalo
Ministerial Support Services
[Ministry of Health request email]
Ministerial Services  l  Government Services  l  Office of the Director
General

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Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
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From:        Sharna Butcher
<[FOI #8300 email]>
To:        OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health <[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:        10/07/2018 08:51 p.m.
Subject:        Official Information request - Hemp

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Dear Ministry of Health,

I would like to request the Ministry of health to provide all
documentation, bills, acts, laws, and any other documentation in regards
to hemp and its classification.
All sub factors of hemp. ie.  Hemp leaves, hemp stalk, hemp root, hemp
powder, hemp seed. Please provide this within 20 working days of this
request as stated by law you must do so.

Yours faithfully,

Sharna Butcher

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Dear Ms Butcher

Thank you for your request for official information, received on 10th July
2018, requesting:

"I would like to request the Ministry of health to provide all
documentation, bills, acts, laws, and any other documentation in regards
to hemp and its classification.
All sub factors of hemp. ie. Hemp leaves, hemp stalk, hemp root, hemp
powder, hemp seed."

The request as it stands is likely to be declined under section 18(f) of
the Official Information Act 1982, because the information requested
cannot be made available without substantial collation or research.

It has been proposed that you further refine your request by asking for a
more specific sub-set of material, so that an answer to your request can
be made possible.
It is your decision whether or not to refine.

It is also important to note that "...bills, acts, laws..." on this topic
are all publicly available information, so this part of the request would
be refused under 18(d) of the Act.
If you choose to amend your request, it's advised that you remove this
part.
You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review my decision to seek refinement of this request.

All my best
Claudia Ibbotson
Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
[1]www.health.govt.nz

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Dear Ms Butcher

Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act
request, reference number H201804978.

All my best

Claudia Ibbotson

Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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