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GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 17
Conferral of functions on Commonwealth officers and
bodies - (1)
- A corresponding State law may confer functions, powers and duties
on the following:
- (a)
- the Regulator or another officer of the Commonwealth;
- (b)
- a Commonwealth authority;
- (c)
- the Consultative Committee;
- (d)
- the Ethics Committee;
- (e)
- the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee.
- (2)
- If a function, power or duty is conferred on a person or body under
subsection (1), the person or body may perform the function or duty or
exercise the power, as the case requires.
- (3)
- If a corresponding State law is expressed to confer on the Regulator the
power to determine that dealings be included on the GMO Register, the
Regulator may include the dealings on the GMO Register in accordance with the
corresponding State law.
- (4)
- If a corresponding State law is expressed to confer on the Regulator the
power to vary the GMO Register, the Regulator may vary the GMO Register in
accordance with the corresponding State law.
- (5)
- If a corresponding State law is expressed to confer on the Regulator the
power to enter information on the Record of GMO and GM Product Dealings, the
Regulator may enter the information on the Record in accordance with the
corresponding State law.
- (6)
- The Regulator may:
- (a)
- make any notations in the GMO Register that the Regulator considers
necessary to identify entries that relate to dealings included on the Register
as mentioned in subsection (3) or (4); and
- (b)
- make any notations in the Record of GMO and GM Product Dealings that the
Regulator considers necessary to identify entries that relate to information
entered on the Record as mentioned in subsection (5).
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