South Australian Numbered Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO 4 OF 2017) - SECT 9

9—Amendment of section 74—Notifiable low risk dealings

Section 74(3)—delete subsection (3) and substitute:

        (3)         Before the Governor makes regulations declaring a dealing with a GMO to be a notifiable low risk dealing, the Regulator must consider—

            (a)         whether the dealing with the GMO would involve any risk to the health and safety of people, or to the environment, taking into account—

                  (i)         the properties of the GMO as a pathogen or pest; and

                  (ii)         the toxicity of any proteins produced by the GMO; and

            (b)         if there is such a risk—whether 1 or more of the requirements prescribed in the regulations for the purposes of subsection (2) would be sufficient to manage that risk; and

            (c)         any other matter the Regulator considers appropriate.