Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 14

             (1)  This section applies to a State (the notifying State ) at a particular time if:

                     (a)  a corresponding State law is in force in the notifying State at that time; and

                     (b)  a wind‑back notice in relation to that State is in force at that time.

             (2)  This Act applies as a law of the Commonwealth in the notifying State with the following modifications:

                     (a)  this Act applies as if paragraph 13(1)(c) (which deals with the spread of pests and diseases) had not been enacted;

                     (b)  this Act does not apply to a dealing with a GMO undertaken:

                              (i)  by a higher education institution or a State agency; or

                             (ii)  by a person authorised to undertake the dealing by a licence held under the corresponding State law by a higher education institution or a State agency.

             (3)  In this section:

"wind-back notice , " in relation to a State, means a notice given by the State to the Minister, under the Gene Technology Agreement, stating that this section is to apply to the State.