Gene Technology Regulations 2017 (SA)

South Australia Gene Technology Regulations 2017 under the Gene Technology Act 2001

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 3 Definitions 3A Numbering Part 2—Interpretation and general operation 4 Techniques not constituting gene technology 4A Organisms that are genetically modified organisms 5 Organisms that are not genetically modified organisms Part 3—Dealings with GMOs Division 1—Licensing system 6 Dealings exempt from licensing 7 Application for licence—prescribed fee 8 Time limit for deciding an application 9 Prescribed authorities 9A Risks posed by dealings proposed to be authorised by licence 10 Risk assessment—matters to be taken into account 11 Prescribed conditions of licence 11A Time limit for deciding variation application Division 2—Notifiable low risk dealings 12 Notifiable low risk dealings 13 Requirements for undertaking notifiable low risk dealings 13B Requirements for Institutional Biosafety Committees about records of assessments of notifiable low risk dealing proposals 13C Information to be kept or given to the Regulator by persons or accredited organisations Division 3—Certification and accreditation 14 Regulator to decide certification application within 90 days 15 Application for certification—failure to provide section 85 information 16 Regulator to decide accreditation application within 90 days 17 Application for accreditation—failure to provide section 93 information Part 4—Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee Division 1—Conditions of appointment 18 GTTAC members and advisers—term of appointment 19 GTTAC members and advisers—resignation 20 GTTAC members—disclosure of interests 21 GTTAC members and advisers—termination of appointment 22 GTTAC members—leave of absence 23 Expert advisers—disclosure of interests Division 2—Committee procedures 24 Committee procedures generally 25 Committee meetings 26 Presiding member 27 Quorum 28 Voting 29 Records and Reports Division 3—Subcommittees 30 Operation of subcommittees Part 5—Ethics and Community Committee 31 Ethics and Community Committee—conditions of appointment 32 Ethics and Community Committee—Committee procedures 33 Ethics and Community Committee—operation of subcommittees Part 7—Miscellaneous 37 Reviewable State decisions 38 Review of decisions 39 Record of GMO Dealings 40 Inspector identity card Part 8—Application and transitional provisions Division 1—Amendments made by the Gene Technology Variation Regulations 2019 41 Changed requirements for dealings 42 Previous assessment by an Institutional Biosafety Committee 43 New requirements for giving records to Regulator apply to notifiable low risk dealing assessed in previous financial year Schedule 1A—Techniques that are not gene technology Schedule 1B—Organisms that are genetically modified organisms 1.1 Genetically modified organisms Schedule 1—Organisms that are not genetically modified organisms Schedule 2—Dealings exempt from licensing Part 1—Exempt dealings Part 2—Host/vector systems for exempt dealings 2.1 Hosts and vectors Part 3—Definitions Schedule 3—Notifiable low risk dealings in relation to a GMO Part 1—Notifiable low risk dealings suitable for at least physical containment level 1 1.1 Kinds of dealings suitable for at least physical containment level 1 Part 2—Notifiable low risk dealings suitable for at least physical containment level 2 or 3 2.1 Kinds of dealings suitable for at least physical containment level 2 2.2 Kinds of dealing suitable for at least physical containment level 3 Part 3—Dealings that are not notifiable low risk dealings 3.1 Kinds of dealings Legislative history