GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 54 Person may request copies of certain documents

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 54

  (1)   A person may request that the Regulator provide the person with a copy of the following documents:

  (a)   an application to which this Division applies;

  (b)   a risk assessment or a risk management plan prepared under section   50.

  (2)   If a person makes a request under subsection   ( 1), the Regulator must provide to the person a copy of the documents, other than:

  (a)   any confidential commercial information contained in the documents; and

  (b)   any information contained in the documents about relevant convictions (within the meaning of section   58) of the applicant for the licence.

Note 1:   In order for information to be confidential commercial information , it must be covered by a declaration under section   185.

Note 2:   The Privacy Act 1988 also contains provisions relevant to the disclosure of information.