Victorian Current Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2001 - SECT 46A

Despite section 46, this Division does not apply to an application for a GMO licence if the Regulator is satisfied that—

S. 46A(a) substituted by No. 43/2016 s. 6.

        (a)     the dealings proposed to be authorised by the licence are limited to one or more of the following for purposes relating to disposing of a GMO—

              (i)     conducting experiments with the GMO;

              (ii)     propagating the GMO;

              (iii)     growing, raising or culturing the GMO;

              (iv)     transporting the GMO;

              (v)     any other dealings to be undertaken for the purposes of, or for purposes relating to, disposing of the GMO; and

        (b)     the applicant for the licence came into possession of the GMO inadvertently.