The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Changes of circumstances relating to notifications

14.—(1) Full details in writing shall be sent immediately to the competent authority of—

(a) any change in the information specified in paragraph (a), (d) or (e) of Schedule 5 in relation to premises previously notified in accordance with regulation 9(2);

(b) any new building—

(i) added to premises previously notified in accordance with regulation 9(2); and

(ii) under the notifier’s control;

(c) premises notified under regulation 9(2) that will no longer be used for contained use;

(d) any cessation, for the time being, of all contained use at premises notified under regulation 9(2);

(e) any cessation of a contained use notified in accordance with regulation 10(2),11(2) or 12(2);

(f) any recommencement of contained use at premises in respect of which the notifier had previously given details of a cessation under sub-paragraph (d);

(g) any use of additional premises in connection with a single contained use where a single notification for that contained use was accepted by the competent authority under regulation 13(3);

(h) any change in the information specified in paragraph (b) or (c) of Schedule 5 as provided by the original notifier in accordance with regulation 9(2);

(i) any change in the information specified in paragraph (c) or (d) of Schedule 6 as provided by the original notifier in accordance with regulation 10(2), 11(2) or 12(2).

(2) Where—

(a) a notifier has informed the competent authority of additional premises under paragraph (1)(g); and

(b) that information, taken together with the notification for that single contained use accepted under regulation 13(3), provides all the information required for notification of those premises under regulation 9(2),

the provision of that information will be treated as notification of those premises for the purposes of regulation 9(2).

(3) The details required by paragraph (1) shall be provided by—

(a) the original notifier;

(b) a person responsible for the premises notified under regulation 9(2); or

(c) a person responsible for the contained use notified under regulation 10(2), 11(2) or 12(2).

(4) In this regulation—

“notifier” means the person who sends the details required by paragraph (1) to the competent authority; and

“original notifier” means the person who submitted the notification of the premises under regulation 9(2) or the contained use under regulation 10(2), 11(2) or 12(2).