Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 12

  (1)   For the purposes of this Act, corresponding State law means a State law that is declared by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette , to correspond to this Act and the regulations, including such a law as amended from time to time.

  (2)   The Minister may revoke a Gazette notice under subsection   ( 1) in relation to a State law only if:

  (a)   the Minister is requested by the State concerned to revoke the notice; or

  (b)   the State law has been amended otherwise than as agreed by a majority of the members of the Ministerial Council (being a majority that includes the Commonwealth) under the Gene Technology Agreement; or

  (c)   amendments of the State law have been agreed by a majority of the members of the Ministerial Council (being a majority that includes the Commonwealth) under the Gene Technology Agreement, and the State law has not been amended in accordance with that agreement within a reasonable period after the agreement.