Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The regulations may declare a dealing with a GMO to be a notifiable low risk dealing for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Before the Governor in Council makes regulations declaring a dealing with a GMO to be a notifiable low risk dealing, the Regulator must be satisfied that the dealing would not involve the intentional release of a GMO into the environment.
S. 74(3) substituted by No. 43/2016 s. 10.
(3) Before the Governor in Council 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 one or more of the requirements prescribed in the regulations for the purposes of section 75(2) would be sufficient to manage that risk; and
(c) any other matter the Regulator considers appropriate.
(4) Regulations under subsection (1) may be expressed to apply to—
(a) all dealings with a GMO or with a specified class of GMOs; or
(b) a specified class of dealings with a GMO or with a specified class of GMOs; or
(c) one or more specified dealings with a GMO or with a specified class of GMOs.