Gene Technology Act 2001 (TAS)

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Gene Technology Act 2001

An Act to regulate activities involving gene technology and for other purposes

[Royal Assent 16 July 2001]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Gene Technology Act 2001 . 2CommencementThe provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be proclaimed. 3Interpretation (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – accredited organisation means an organisation accredited under Division 3 of Part 7 ; Administrative Appeals Tribunal means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal established by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 of the Commonwealth; aggravated offence has the meaning given by section 31 ; Commonwealth Act means the Gene Technology Act 2000 of the Commonwealth; Commonwealth authority means the following: (a) a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under a Commonwealth Act; (b) a company in which a controlling interest is held by any one of the following persons, or by 2 or more of the following persons together: (i) the Commonwealth; (ii) a body covered by paragraph (a) ; (iii) a body covered by either of the above subparagraphs; Commonwealth Environment Minister means the Minister of State for the Commonwealth responsible for environment and conservation; confidential commercial information means information declared by the Regulator to be confidential commercial information under section 150 ; Consultative Committee means the Gene Technology Community Consultative Committee established by section 106 of the Commonwealth Act; containment level, in relation to 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; deal with, in relation to a GMO, means 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 manufacture of a thing that is not the GMO; (f) grow, raise or culture the GMO; (g) import the GMO – and includes the possession, supply, use, transport or disposal of the GMO for the purposes of, or in the course of, a dealing mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (g) ; eligible person, in relation to a reviewable decision, has the meaning given by section 144 ; environment includes – (a) ecosystems and their constituent parts; and (b) natural and physical resources; and (c) the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas; Ethics Committee means the Gene Technology Ethics Committee established by section 111 of the Commonwealth Act; evidential material means any of the following: (a) a thing with respect to which an offence against this Act or the regulations has been committed or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, to have been…

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