GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 62 Conditions that may be prescribed or imposed

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 62

  (1)   Licence conditions may include conditions that impose obligations in relation to GM products that are derived from a GMO in respect of which particular dealings are licensed.

  (2)   Licence conditions may relate to, but are not limited to, the following:

  (a)   the scope of the dealings authorised by the licence;

  (b)   the purposes for which the dealings may be undertaken;

  (c)   variations to the scope or purposes of the dealings;

  (d)   documentation and record - keeping requirements;

  (e)   the required level of containment in respect of the dealings, including requirements relating to the certification of facilities to specified containment levels;

  (f)   waste disposal requirements;

  (g)   measures to manage risks posed to the health and safety of people, or to the environment;

  (h)   data collection, including studies to be conducted;

  (i)   auditing and reporting;

  (j)   actions to be taken in case of the release of a GMO from a contained environment;

  (k)   the geographic area in which the dealings authorised by the licence may occur;

  (l)   requiring compliance with a code of practice issued under section   24, or a technical or procedural guideline issued under section   27;

  (m)   supervision by, and monitoring by, Institutional Biosafety Committees;

  (n)   contingency planning in respect of unintended effects of the dealings authorised by the licence;

  (o)   limiting the dissemination or persistence of the GMO or its genetic material in the environment.

  (3)   Licence conditions may also include conditions requiring the licence holder to be adequately insured against any loss, damage, or injury that may be caused to human health, property or the environment by the licensed dealing.