Queensland Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2001 - SECT 4

The object of this Act is to be achieved by a regulatory framework that—

(aa) provides that, where there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, a lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation; and

(a) provides an efficient and effective system for the application of gene technologies; and

(b) operates in conjunction with other Commonwealth and State regulatory schemes relevant to GMOs and GM products.

Note—

Examples of the schemes mentioned in paragraph (b) are schemes that regulate food, agricultural and veterinary chemicals, industrial chemicals and therapeutic goods.