Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
authorised officer means an officer designated
under section 11 as an authorised officer;
cultivate , in relation to a crop, includes to
breed, propagate, grow, raise or culture plants, or parts of plants, for that
crop;
Department means the department of the Public
Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;
field trial means the small scale cultivation of a
crop that is —
(a) for
the purpose of assessing the viability and environmental risks of that crop;
and
(b) not
for commercial purposes;
gene technology has the meaning given by
section 10(1) of the Gene Technology Act 2000 of the Commonwealth;
genetically modified crop means a crop that
consists of or includes plants that are genetically modified organisms;
genetically modified organism means —
(a) an
organism that has been modified by gene technology; or
(b) an
organism that has inherited particular traits from an organism (the initial
organism ), being traits that occurred in the initial organism because of gene
technology;
GMO licence has the meaning given by
section 10(1) of the Gene Technology Act 2000 of the Commonwealth.