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Gene Technology Regulations 2002.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
South Australia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2002 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Cultivated plants
Keyword
Genetically modified organism (GMO) Institution Biotechnology
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

These Regulations, consisting of 43 sections divided into eight Parts and completed by three Schedules, aims to protect the health and safety of people as well as the environment, by identifying risks posed by or as a result of gene technology, and by managing those risks through regulating certain dealings with GMOs. These Regulations deal with the use of certain techniques and the release of GMOs into the environment and are divided into the following Parts: Preliminary (1); Interpretation and general operation (2); Dealings with GMOs (3); Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee (4); Ethics and Community Committee (5); Miscellaneous (7); Transitional (8). Schedules deal with: Techniques that are not gene technology (1A); Organisms that are not genetically modified organisms (1); Dealings exempt from licensing (2); Notifiable low risk dealings in relation to a GMO (3).

Full text
English
Website
www.austlii.edu.au

References - Legislation

Implements

Gene Technology Act 2001.

Legislation | Australia | 2002 (2018)

Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), Institution, Biotechnology

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Gene Technology Regulations 2017.

Legislation | Australia | 2017

Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), Institution, Biotechnology, Genetic resources

Source: FAO, FAOLEX