GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 138 Record of GMO Dealings

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 138

  (1)   The Regulator must maintain a Record of GMO Dealings (the Record ).

  (2)   The purpose of the Record is to maintain a comprehensive record of all dealings in Australia that involve GMOs.

  (3)   The Record must contain the following information, other than confidential commercial information, in relation to each licence issued under section   55:

  (a)   the name of the licence holder;

  (b)   the persons covered by the licence;

  (c)   the dealings authorised by the licence and the GMO to which those dealings relate;

  (d)   any licence conditions;

  (e)   the date on which the licence was issued, and its expiry date (if any).

  (3A)   The Record must contain the following information, other than confidential commercial information, in relation to each emergency dealing determination made under section   72B:

  (a)   the dealings specified in the emergency dealing determination and the GMO to which those dealings relate;

  (b)   any conditions to which the emergency dealing determination is subject;

  (c)   the date on which the emergency dealing determination takes effect;

  (d)   the date on which the emergency dealing determination will cease to have effect.

  (4)   The Record must contain the following information, other than confidential commercial information, in relation to each notifiable low risk dealing that is notified to the Regulator in accordance with regulations under section   75:

  (a)   the name of the person who notified the dealing;

  (b)   such particulars of the dealing as are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

  (6)   The Record must also contain:

  (a)   a description of each dealing on the GMO Register; and

  (b)   any condition to which the dealing is subject.

  (7)   The Record may be kept in a computerised form.

  (8)   The Regulator must ensure that information mentioned in subsection   ( 3), (3A), (4) or (6) is entered on the Record as soon as reasonably practicable.

  (9)   In this section:

"designated notification" means a notification required because of the amendments made by the Gene Technology (Consequential Amendments) Act 2000 .