The whole of Tasmania is declared to be a GMO-free area.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 14 November 2005

This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order declares the whole of Tasmania to be a GMO-free area. The effect of this declaration is that a person may only deal with a genetically modified organism in Tasmania if authorised to do so by both a permit under the Genetically Modified Organisms Control Act 2004 and a GMO licence under either the Gene Technology Act 2000 of the Commonwealth or the Tasmanian Gene Technology Act 2001 .