Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2003 (NO. 57 OF 2003) - SECT 39

In outline, this part—

        (a)     provides a licensing system under which a person can apply to the regulator for a licence authorising dealings with GMOs; and

        (b)     sets out the processes the regulator must follow for applications involving the following kinds of dealings:

              (i)     those that involve the intentional release of a GMO into the environment;

              (ii)     those that do not involve the intentional release of a GMO into the environment; and

        (c)     provides that a licence can cover dealings by people other than the licence holder and requires the licence holder to tell them of any conditions of the licence that apply to them.