South Australian Consolidated Regulations

GENE TECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS 2002 - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1—Organisms that are not genetically modified organisms

(regulation 5)

Item	Description of organism
1	A mutant organism in which the mutational event did not involve the introduction of any foreign nucleic acid (that is, non-homologous DNA, usually from another species).
2	A whole animal, or a human being, modified by the introduction of naked recombinant nucleic acid (such as a DNA vaccine) into its somatic cells, if the introduced nucleic acid is incapable of giving rise to infectious agents.
3	Naked plasmid DNA that is incapable of giving rise to infectious agents when introduced into a host cell.
6	An organism that results from an exchange of DNA if—
	(a)         the donor species is also the host species; and
	(b)         the vector DNA does not contain any heterologous DNA.
7	An organism that results from an exchange of DNA between the donor species and the host species if—
	(a)         such exchange can occur by naturally occurring processes; and
	(b)         the donor species and the host species are micro-organisms that—
	(i)         satisfy the criteria in AS/NZS 2243.3:2002 (Safety in laboratories, Part 3: Microbiological aspects and containment facilities) jointly published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, for classification as Risk Group 1; and
	(ii)         are known to exchange nucleic acid by a natural physiological process; and
	(c)         the vector used in the exchange does not contain heterologous DNA from any organism other than an organism that is involved in the exchange.