Western Australian Current Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2006 - SECT 65

65 .         Condition about additional information to be given to the Regulator

        (1)         It is a condition of a licence that the licence holder inform the Regulator if the licence holder —

            (a)         becomes aware of additional information as to any risks to the health and safety of people, or to the environment, associated with the dealings authorised by the licence;

            (b)         becomes aware of any contraventions of the licence by a person covered by the licence; or

            (c)         becomes aware of any unintended effects of the dealings authorised by the licence.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1) —

            (a)         the licence holder is taken to have become aware of additional information of a kind mentioned in subsection (1) if the licence holder was reckless as to whether such information existed; and

            (b)         the licence holder is taken to have become aware of contraventions, or unintended effects, of a kind mentioned in subsection (1) if the licence holder was reckless as to whether such contraventions had occurred, or such unintended effects existed.