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Part IIIPLACING ON THE MARKET OF ORGANISMS AS OR IN PRODUCTS

Applications for renewal of consent to market

19.—(1) Where the National Assembly for Wales has granted a consent to market genetically modified organisms, under section 111(1) of the Act, any application to renew that consent shall be made in writing to the National Assembly for Wales—

(a)before 17th October 2006 where the consent was granted before 17th October 2002, and

(b)no later than nine months before the expiry of the consent in all other cases.

(2) The application shall contain—

(a)a copy of the consent to market the genetically modified organisms,

(b)where applicable, a report on the results of the monitoring carried out in accordance with the requirements of regulation 29(f),

(c)any other new information which has become available with regard to the risks of the product causing damage to the environment,

(d)as appropriate, a proposal for amending or adding to the conditions of the original consent, including the conditions concerning future monitoring and the time limitation of the new consent.

(3) Any consent to market genetically modified organisms granted by the National Assembly for Wales under section 111(1) of the Act before 17th October 2002 for which no application for renewal under paragraph (1) above has been received before 17th October 2006 shall be treated as having expired on that date.