The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 29th October 2010.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations, “the 2001 Regulations” means the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1).

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendment of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

3.—(1) The 2001 Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 3, Part I—

(a) omit the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (c);

(b) for “.” substitute “; and” at the end of sub-paragraph (d); and

(c) after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) the disposal of waste and effluents.”.

(3) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3, Part II, after sub-paragraph (b) insert the following new sub-paragraph—

“(ba) recognition that, in general, only activities involving genetically modified micro-organisms which show the following characteristics are appropriate for inclusion in class 1 as described in Schedule 1—

(i) the recipient or parental micro-organism is unlikely to cause disease to humans, animals or plants,

(ii) the nature of the vector and the insert is such that they do not endow the genetically modified micro-organism with a phenotype likely to cause disease to humans, animals, or plants, or likely to have deleterious effects on the environment, and

(iii) the genetically modified micro-organism is unlikely to cause disease to humans, animals or plants and is unlikely to have deleterious effects on the environment;”.

(4) In Schedule 8, in Table 1a, after Containment Measure number 9, insert—

“9A

Biohazard sign on door

not required

required

required

required”

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 6th October 2010.

C. Lewis

A senior officer of the

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment