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| Australia | 2002 (2018) Keyword: Genetically modified organism (GMO), Institution, Biotechnology Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Gene Technology Regulations 2017.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