Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered ActsAfter section 40--
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'(1) If the regulator is satisfied that a person has come into possession of a GMO inadvertently, the regulator may, with the agreement of the person, treat the person as having made an inadvertent dealings application.
'(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (1) does not prevent a person from making an application under section 40 in relation to a GMO that has inadvertently come into the person's possession.
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Sections 46A and 49 have the effect that the regulator may expedite consideration of an application to dispose of a GMO that has come into a person's possession inadvertently. These sections have effect whether the application is made under section 40, or is taken to have been made under this section.'.