South Australian Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2001 - SECT 194

194—Review of operation of Act

        (1)         The Minister must cause an independent review of the operation of this Act to be undertaken as soon as possible after the fourth anniversary of the commencement of this Act.

        (2)         A person who undertakes such a review must give the Minister a written report of the review.

        (3)         The Minister must cause a copy of the report of the review to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 12 months after the fourth anniversary of the commencement of this Act.

        (4)         In this section—

"independent review" means a review undertaken by persons who—

            (a)         in the opinion of the Minister possess appropriate qualifications to undertake the review; and

            (b)         include one or more persons who are not employed by the State of South Australia, a State agency, the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority.

Note—

This section differs from section 194 of the Commonwealth Act.