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+# Manitoba, Nunavut, and South Australia, 24 October 2026
+
+Issues #84 to #86. Texts opened before the profiles were rewritten. Provincial and state scores are unchanged.
+
+## Read
+
+- Manitoba Cannabis Regulation, M.R. 120/2018, sections 49 and 50, marked M.R. 33/2025. A person 19 or older may grow up to four plants in their ordinary residence. The household may not exceed four. The plants must be indoors, in a securely locked room or container or somewhere a young person cannot reach, and must come from seed or plant material that is not illicit. https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/current/120-2018.php
+- Manitoba government page: home growing is allowed as of 1 May 2025, up to four plants per household, indoors and inaccessible to young people. https://www.gov.mb.ca/cannabis/knowthelaw/print,growathome.html
+- Nunavut Cannabis Regulations, R-009-2020, consolidation current to 6 August 2020, in force 1 June 2020. Section 3(1): a person shall not possess more than 150 grams of dried cannabis or its equivalent. Section 3(2) excepts cannabis possessed for sale under the Act by the Commission, an Agent, a licensee, or a registered supplier, including their authorised employees and a person delivering cannabis to them or a purchase for a remote sales store. https://www.nunavutlegislation.ca/en/file-download/download/public/4876
+- Government of Nunavut press release, 12 October 2018: possession limits of 30 grams on the person and 150 grams at home from 17 October 2018. https://www.gov.nu.ca/en/newsroom/gn-ready-cannabis-legalization-2018-10-12
+- Nunavut Department of Health cannabis page, last updated 28 November 2018: the same 30 gram and 150 gram split. https://livehealthy.gov.nu.ca/en/mental-wellness/drugs-and-alcohol/cannabis
+- South Australia Controlled Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Plants) Regulations 2014, version 27 June 2024. Regulation 14 points expiation fees to Schedule 5. Regulation 15 prescribes one cannabis plant, 100 grams of cannabis, and 20 grams of resin for a simple cannabis offence. Schedule 5: less than 25 g of cannabis $250; 25 g to 100 g $400; resin under 5 g $250; resin from 5 g to 20 g $400; private smoking or consumption $250; one cannabis plant $400. https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/_legislation-documents/lz/c/r/controlled-substances-controlled-drugs-precursors-and-plants-regulations-2014/current/2014.236.auth.pdf
+- Legal Services Commission of South Australia, Simple cannabis offences. Payment of the expiation fee within 28 days stops a prosecution. Non-payment can lead to enforcement or a summons. A hydroponic plant, and smoking in a public place, fall outside the notice. https://lsc.sa.gov.au/handbook/ch12s10s02.php
+
+## Not opened
+
+- The original text of Manitoba M.R. 33/2025 as a separate PDF. The in-force date of 1 May 2025 is the government page's. The consolidated regulation carries the amendment marker M.R. 33/2025.
+- A Nunavut consolidation later than 6 August 2020. The regulation index lists a version updated 1 July 2021. The 2018 and health pages still state 150 grams.
+- The 2019 South Australian variation regulations PDF. The fees used here are from the 27 June 2024 authorised consolidation.
+- The court maximum for South Australian possession above 100 grams. The old profile's "$2,000 and two years" was not in the Schedule 5 text and was not carried forward.
+- A victims-of-crime levy on expiated offences.
+
+Cultivation stays at 4 in Manitoba because four plants remain legal, with place and lock conditions. Possession stays at 6 in Nunavut because 150 grams is above a cap of around 30 grams and is still a fixed personal limit. Possession stays at 3 in South Australia, and enforcement at 4, because the expiation notice is still the way a simple cannabis offence is dealt with.
scripts/history-scope.test.cjs +25 −0
@@ -764,2 +764,27 @@ test("British Columbia's home cap, Victoria's fine and the Atlantic grow rules f
assert.equal(indoor.before, undefined);
});
+
+test("Manitoba's indoor grow rule, Nunavut's 150 g limit and South Australia's expiation fees follow the texts that were read", () => {
+ const mb = y.load(fs.readFileSync("countries/ca/mb.yaml", "utf8"));
+ const nu = y.load(fs.readFileSync("countries/ca/nu.yaml", "utf8"));
+ const sa = y.load(fs.readFileSync("countries/au/sa.yaml", "utf8"));
+ const ca = y.load(fs.readFileSync("countries/ca/index.yaml", "utf8"));
+ const cap = byId["nunavut-possession-limit-2020"];
+ assert.match(mb.segments.cultivation, /securely locked/);
+ assert.match(mb.segments.cultivation, /indoors/);
+ assert.equal(mb.scores.cultivation, 4);
+ assert.match(nu.segments.possession, /150 g/);
+ assert.doesNotMatch(nu.segments.possession, /no provincial cap/);
+ assert.match(nu.segments.possession, /not the household/);
+ assert.equal(nu.scores.possession, 6);
+ assert.match(sa.segments.possession, /\$250/);
+ assert.match(sa.segments.possession, /\$400/);
+ assert.doesNotMatch(sa.segments.possession, /\$150/);
+ assert.match(sa.segments.cultivation, /\$400/);
+ assert.equal(sa.scores.possession, 3);
+ assert.equal(sa.scores.enforcement, 4);
+ assert.match(ca.segments.possession.text, /150 g of dried cannabis/);
+ assert.equal(cap.date, "2020-06-01");
+ assert.equal(cap.subunit, "nu");
+ assert.equal(cap.before, undefined);
+});