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South Australia
Genetically Modified Crops Management (Designation of
Areas) Amendment Bill 2019
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Genetically
Modified Crops Management Act 2004
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Genetically
Modified Crops Management Act 2004
4AMoratorium on
cultivating genetically modified food crops
4Amendment of section 5—Designation of
areas
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Genetically Modified Crops Management
(Designation of Areas) Amendment Act 2019.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Genetically Modified Crops Management
Act 2004
Before section 5 insert:
4A—Moratorium on cultivating genetically modified
food crops
(1) Until and including
1 September 2025, the whole of the State is, by force of this
subsection, designated as an area in which no genetically modified food crops
may be cultivated.
(2) A person who cultivates a crop in contravention of
subsection (1)
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $200 000.
(3) A person incurs no criminal liability with respect to an act or
omission occurring before the commencement of the
Genetically
Modified Crops Management (Designation of Areas) Amendment
Act 2019
(but this subsection does not operate with respect to a continuing act or
omission after that commencement).
4—Amendment
of section 5—Designation of areas
Section 5(1)—delete "The" and substitute:
On or after 2 September 2025, the