Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsaccredited organisation means an organisation accredited under part 7, division 3.
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cwlth).
aggravated offence see section 38(1).
ancillary offence, for section 188, see section 189(4).
approved form means a form approved by the chief executive.
Commonwealth Act means the Gene Technology Act 2000 (Cwlth).
Commonwealth authority means—
(a) a body corporate established for a public purpose under a Commonwealth Act; or
(b) a company in which a controlling interest is held by any 1 of the following persons, or by 2 or more of the following persons together—
(i) the Commonwealth;
(ii) a body corporate mentioned in paragraph (a);
(iii) an entity mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii).
Commonwealth Environment Minister means the Commonwealth Minister responsible for environment and conservation.
confidential commercial information means information declared to be confidential commercial information under section 185.
containment level, for a facility, means the degree of physical confinement of GMOs provided by the facility, having regard to the design of the facility, the equipment located or installed in the facility and the procedures generally used within the facility.
corresponding Commonwealth emergency dealing determination, in relation to an emergency dealing determination under this Act, means a determination under section 72B of the Commonwealth Act that specifies the same kind of dealings as those proposed to be stated in, or stated in, the emergency dealing determination under this Act.
deal with, for a GMO, means any of the following—
(a) conduct experiments with the GMO;
(b) make, develop, produce or manufacture the GMO;
(c) breed the GMO;
(d) propagate the GMO;
(e) use the GMO in the course of manufacturing a thing that is not the GMO;
(f) grow, raise or culture the GMO;
(g) import the GMO;
(h) transport the GMO;
(i) dispose of the GMO;
and includes the possession, supply or use of the GMO for the purposes of, or in the course of, a dealing mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (i).
director, of a body corporate, for section 188, see section 189(2).
eligible person, for a reviewable decision, see section 179(2).
emergency dealing determination means a determination in force under section 72B.
engage in conduct, for section 188, see section 189(3).
environment includes the following—
(a) ecosystems and their constituent parts;
(b) natural and physical resources;
(c) the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas.
ethics and community committee means the Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee established under the Commonwealth Act, section 106.
evidential material means any of the following—
(a) a thing relating to which an offence against this Act has been committed or is reasonably suspected to have been committed;
(b) a thing that is reasonably suspected will afford evidence as to the commission of an offence mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c) a thing that is reasonably suspected is intended to be used for committing an offence mentioned in paragraph (a).
exempt dealing means a dealing prescribed under a regulation as an exempt dealing.
facility includes, but is not limited to, the following—
(a) a building or part of a building;
(b) a laboratory;
(c) an aviary;
(d) a glasshouse;
(e) an insectary;
(f) an animal house;
(g) an aquarium or tank.
gene technology means any technique for modifying genes or other genetic material, but does not include the following—
(a) sexual reproduction;
(b) homologous recombination;
(c) any other technique prescribed under a regulation for this paragraph.
Gene Technology Account means the Gene Technology Account established under the Commonwealth Act, section 129.
Gene Technology Agreement means the Gene Technology Agreement made for the purposes of this Act between the Commonwealth and at least 4 States, as in force from time to time.
gene technology regulator means the Gene Technology Regulator appointed under the Commonwealth Act, section 118.
Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee means the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee established under the Commonwealth Act, section 100.
genetically modified organism means any of the following—
(a) an organism that has been modified by gene technology;
(b) an organism that has inherited particular traits from an organism (the initial organism), being traits that occurred in the initial organism because of gene technology;
(c) anything declared under a regulation to be a genetically modified organism, or that belongs to a class of things declared under a regulation to be genetically modified organisms;
but does not include—
(d) a human being, if the human being is an organism mentioned in paragraph (a) only because the human being has undergone somatic cell gene therapy; or
(e) an organism declared under a regulation not to be a genetically modified organism, or that belongs to a class of organisms declared under a regulation not to be genetically modified organisms.
GMO means a genetically modified organism.
GMO licence means a licence issued under section 55.
GMO register means the GMO Register established under the Commonwealth Act, section 76.
GM product means a thing, other than a GMO, derived or produced from a GMO.
GM record means the Record of GMO and GM Product Dealings mentioned in the Commonwealth Act, section 138.
inadvertent dealings application means an application for a GMO licence to which part 5, division 3 or 4 does not apply because of the operation of section 46A or 49.
Institutional Biosafety Committee means a committee established as an institutional biosafety committee in accordance with written guidelines issued by the regulator under section 98.
intentional release of a GMO into the environment see section 11.
licence holder means the holder of a GMO licence.
Ministerial council means the Ministerial Council within the meaning of the gene technology agreement.
notifiable low risk dealing means a dealing declared to be a notifiable low risk dealing under section 74.
officer, in relation to the Commonwealth, includes the following—
(a) a Commonwealth Minister;
(b) a person who holds—
(i) an office established under a Commonwealth Act; or
(ii) an appointment made under a Commonwealth Act; or
(iii) an appointment made by the Governor-General or a Commonwealth Minister but not under a Commonwealth Act;
(c) a person who is a member or officer of a Commonwealth authority;
(d) a person who is in the service or employment of the Commonwealth or of a Commonwealth authority, or is employed or engaged under a Commonwealth Act.
organism means any biological entity that is—
(a) viable; or
(b) capable of reproduction; or
(c) capable of transferring genetic material.
person covered by a GMO licence means a person authorised by a GMO licence to deal with a GMO.
premises includes the following—
(a) a building;
(b) a place, including an area of land;
(c) a vehicle;
(d) a vessel;
(e) an aircraft;
(f) a facility;
(g) any part of premises, including premises mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f).
proposed dealings means dealings proposed to be authorised by a GMO licence.
reasonably believes means believes on grounds that are reasonable in the circumstances.
reasonably suspects means suspects on grounds that are reasonable in the circumstances.
reckless see section 12A.
regulator means the gene technology regulator.
relevant conviction means a conviction for an offence against a law of the State, the Commonwealth, another State or a foreign country, being a law about the health and safety of people or the environment, if—
(a) the offence was committed within 10 years immediately before the making of the application for the licence; and
(b) the offence was punishable by a fine of $5000 or more, or by a term of imprisonment of 1 year or more.
reviewable decision see section 179(1).
State agency means—
(a) the State; or
(b) a Minister; or
(c) an entity declared under the Public Service Act 2008 to be a department of government; or
(d) an instrumentality of the State, including a body corporate established for a public purpose under a law of the State; or
(e) a company in which a controlling interest is held by any 1 of the following persons, or by 2 or more of the following persons together—
(i) the State;
(ii) a Minister, or a State instrumentality mentioned in paragraph (d);
(iii) an entity mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii).
state of mind, of a person, for section 188, see section 189(1).
thing includes a substance, and a thing in electronic or magnetic form.