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The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1996
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- 1996 No. 967
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SCHEDULE 2SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED AS SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
Regulation 2(2)
SCHEDULE 2CRITERIA FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS
PART I
Criteria for the classification of genetically modified organisms into Group I
A genetically modified micro-organism is classified into Group I when all of the following criteria are satisfied—
(1) The recipient or parental micro-organism is unlikely to cause disease to humans, animals or plants.
(2) 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 cause adverse effects in the environment.
(3) The genetically modified micro-organism is unlikely to cause disease to humans, animals or plants and is unlikely to cause adverse effects in the environment.
PART II
Criteria for the classification of organisms other than micro-organisms
An organism which satisfies the criteria of this Part is a genetically modified organism—
(a)which is not a micro-organism; and
(b)which is as safe in the containment facility as any recipient or parental organism.
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