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GENE TECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS 2001

- made under the Gene Technology Act 2000

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

PART 2--INTERPRETATION--AND GENERAL OPERATION

  • 4 Techniques not constituting gene technology
  • 4A Organisms that are genetically modified organisms
  • 5 Organisms that are not genetically modified organisms

PART 2A--GENE--TECHNOLOGY REGULATOR

  • 5A Functions of the Regulator

PART 3--DEALINGS--WITH GMOS

Division 1--Licensing system

  • 6 Dealings exempt from licensing
  • 7 Application for licence -- prescribed fee
  • 8 Time limit for deciding an application
  • 9 Prescribed authorities
  • 9A Risks posed by dealings proposed to be authorised by licence
  • 10 Risk assessment -- matters to be taken into account
  • 11 Prescribed conditions of licence
  • 11A Time limit for deciding variation application

Division 2--Notifiable low risk dealings

  • 12 Notifiable low risk dealings
  • 13 Requirements for undertaking notifiable low risk dealings
  • 13B Requirements for Institutional Biosafety Committees about records of assessments of notifiable low risk dealing proposals
  • 13C Information to be kept or given to the Regulator by persons or accredited organisations

Division 3--Certification and accreditation

  • 14 Regulator to decide certification application within 90 days
  • 15 Application for certification -- failure to provide section 85 information
  • 16 Regulator to decide accreditation application within 90 days
  • 17 Application for accreditation -- failure to provide section 93 information

PART 4--GENE--TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Division 1--Conditions of appointment

  • 18 GTTAC members and advisers -- term of appointment
  • 19 GTTAC members and advisers -- resignation
  • 20 GTTAC members -- disclosure of interests
  • 21 GTTAC members and advisers -- termination of appointment
  • 22 GTTAC members -- leave of absence
  • 23 Expert advisers -- disclosure of interests

Division 2--Committee procedures

  • 24 Committee procedures generally
  • 25 Committee meetings
  • 26 Presiding member
  • 27 Quorum
  • 28 Voting
  • 29 Records and Reports

Division 3--Subcommittees

  • 30 Operation of subcommittees

PART 5--ETHICS--AND COMMUNITY COMMITTEE

  • 31 Ethics and Community Committee -- conditions of appointment
  • 32 Ethics and Community Committee -- Committee procedures
  • 33 Ethics and Community Committee -- operation of subcommittees

PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS

  • 37 Reviewable State decisions
  • 38 Review of decisions
  • 39 Record of GMO Dealings
  • 40 Inspector identity card

PART 8--APPLICATION--AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Division 1--Amendments made by the Gene Technology Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1)Regulations 2019

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