Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Regulations 9(1), 15(2), 15(3) and 24(3)

SCHEDULE 5 Information required for a notification under regulation 9(1)

A notification required for the purposes of regulation 9(1) shall contain the following information—

(a) the name, address and telephone number and any fax number and any e-mail address of the notifier;

(b) the name of the employee of the notifier with specific responsibility for the supervision and safety of activities involving genetic modification;

(c) information on the training and qualifications of that employee;

(d) details of the genetic modification safety committee established pursuant to regulation 16;

(e) the address of the premises where the activity involving genetic modification is to be carried out and a general description of the premises;

(f) the nature of the work to be undertaken;

(g) the class of any activity involving genetic modification of micro-organisms;

(h) where the first activity to be carried out in those premises is an activity involving genetic modification in class 1—

(i) a summary of the assessment of that activity made for the purposes of regulation 6(1),

(ii) any advice received in relation to that assessment from the genetic modification safety committee established pursuant to regulation 16,

(iii) information on waste management, and

(iv) confirmation that the emergency services and any body or authority liable to be affected by an accident to which any emergency plan relates will be informed of the contents of the emergency plan and of any relevant revisions made in pursuance of regulation 20(3); and

(i) where the first activity to be carried out in those premises involves genetic modification of organisms which are not micro-organisms and that activity is not notifiable under regulation 12(1)—

(i) a copy of the assessment made for the purposes of regulation 7(1), and

(ii) confirmation that the emergency services and any body or authority liable to be affected by an accident to which any emergency plan relates will be informed of the contents of the plan and of any relevant revisions made in pursuance of regulation 20(3).