GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 40A Licences relating to inadvertent dealings

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 40A

  (1)   If the Regulator is satisfied that a person has come into possession of a GMO inadvertently the Regulator may, with the agreement of the person, treat the person as having made an inadvertent dealings application.

  (2)   To avoid doubt, subsection   ( 1) does not prevent a person from making an application under section   40 in respect of a GMO that has inadvertently come into the person's possession.

Note:   Sections   46A and 49 have the effect that the Regulator may expedite consideration of an application to dispose of a GMO that has come into a person's possession inadvertently. These sections have effect whether the application is made under section   40, or is taken to have been made under this section.