Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2003 (NO. 57 OF 2003) - SECT 112

The function of the ethics committee under this Act is to provide advice, on the request of the regulator or the Ministerial council, on the following:

        (a)     ethical issues about gene technology;

        (b)     the need for, and content of, codes of practice about ethics for conducting dealings with GMOs;

        (c)     the need for, and content of, policy principles about dealings with GMOs that should not be conducted for ethical reasons.