Gene Technology Regulations 2001

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Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

This item is authorised by the following title:

Gene Technology Act 2000

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F2011C00732

01 September 2011 - 15 June 2016

This instrument was backcaptured in accordance with Section 36 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003

Table of contents

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
3 Definitions
4 Techniques not constituting gene technology
5 Organisms that are not genetically modified organisms
5A Functions of the Regulator
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
12 Notifiable low risk dealings
13 Requirements for undertaking notifiable low risk dealings
13A Time limits for stopping 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
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
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
24 Committee procedures generally
25 Committee meetings
26 Presiding member
27 Quorum
28 Voting
29 Records and Reports
30 Operation of subcommittees
31 Ethics and Community Committee — conditions of appointment
32 Ethics and Community Committee — Committee procedures
33 Ethics and Community Committee — operation of subcommittees
37 Reviewable State decisions
38 Review of decisions
39 Record of GMO and GM Product Dealings
40 Inspector identity card
- Schedule 1A Techniques that are not gene technology
- Schedule 1 Organisms that are not genetically modified organisms
- Schedule 2 Dealings exempt from licensing
- Schedule 3 Notifiable low risk dealings in relation to a GMO

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