Cannabis import licenses (FOI)

​Request

How many import licences for medicinal cannabis have been issued by the office of the Chief Pharmacist since the beginning of the year to the end of June, broken down by month if possible?

Response

January - 0

February - 0

March - 0

April - <5

May - 5

June - 45

Due to the small number of licenses granted in April, disclosure control has been applied to avoid breaching the privacy of the individuals. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied. 

Article Applied 

Article 25      Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2)     Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a)     it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b)     its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

(3)     In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.