New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY (GM CROP MORATORIUM) ACT 2003 - SECT 9

9 Notification of making an order

(1) As soon as practicable after making an order under this Division and publishing it in the Gazette, the Minister must cause notice of the order to be published--

(a) in a manner that the Minister is satisfied is likely to bring the notice to the attention of members of the public generally, and

(b) on the Department's web page on the Internet, and

(c) in the case of an exemption order that does not apply to the whole State, in a manner that the Minister is satisfied is likely to bring the notice to the attention of members of the public in the area in which the exemption order is to apply.

(1A) In the case of an exemption order, the Minister is to cause details of the precise location of the area of land to which the exemption order relates--

(a) to be published with the notice of the order, and

(b) to be forwarded to each of the following--

(i) the local council for each local government area in which GM food plants are to be cultivated under the order,

(ii) Local Land Services in which GM food plants are to be cultivated under the order,

(iii) any other persons or bodies prescribed by the regulations.

(2) Failure to comply with subsection (1) or (1A) does not invalidate an order.