Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

GENE TECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 9A

    For paragraph   51(1)(a) of the Act, the Regulator must have regard to the following matters:

  (a)   the properties of the organism to which dealings proposed to be authorised by a licence relate before it became, or will become, a GMO;

  (b)   the effect, or the expected effect, of the genetic modification that has occurred, or will occur, on the properties of the organism;

  (c)   provisions for limiting the dissemination or persistence of the GMO or its genetic material in the environment;

  (d)   the potential for spread or persistence of the GMO or its genetic material in the environment;

  (e)   the extent or scale of the proposed dealings;

  (f)   any likely impacts of the proposed dealings on the health and safety of people.