Western Australian Consolidated Acts

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS FREE AREAS ACT 2003 - SECT 4

4 .         Designation of genetically modified crops free areas

        (1)         The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette , designate an area of the State as an area in which —

            (a)         a genetically modified crop must not be cultivated; or

            (b)         a genetically modified crop specified in the order must not be cultivated.

        (2)         An order, or a combination of orders, may designate the whole of the State.

        (3)         An order may be amended or revoked by further order published in the Gazette .

        (4)         Section 42 of the Interpretation Act 1984 applies to an order as if the order were a regulation.