Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2003 (NO. 57 OF 2003) - SECT 62

    (1)     Licence conditions may include conditions that impose obligations about GM products derived from a GMO for which particular dealings are licensed.

    (2)     Licence conditions may relate to, for example, the following:

        (a)     the scope of the dealings authorised by the licence;

        (b)     the purposes for which the dealings may be undertaken;

        (c)     variations to the scope or purposes of the dealings;

        (d)     documentation and record-keeping requirements;

        (e)     the required level of containment for the dealings, including requirements about the certification of facilities to stated containment levels;

        (f)     waste disposal requirements;

        (g)     measures to manage risks posed to the health and safety of people or to the environment;

        (h)     data collection, including studies to be conducted;

              (i)     auditing and reporting;

        (j)     actions to be taken if a GMO is released from a contained environment;

        (k)     the geographic area where the dealings authorised by the licence may happen;

        (l)     requiring compliance with a code of practice issued under section 24, or a technical or procedural guideline issued under section 27;

        (m)     supervision by, and monitoring by, institutional biosafety committees;

        (n)     contingency planning for unintended effects of the dealings authorised by the licence;

        (o)     limiting the dissemination or persistence of the GMO or its genetic material in the environment.

    (3)     Licence conditions may also include conditions requiring the licence holder to be adequately insured against any loss, damage or injury that may be caused to human health, property or the environment by the dealings authorised by the licence.