The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992

3.  These Regulations shall not apply to the following techniques of genetic modification if they do not involve the use of genetically modified organisms as recipient or parental organisms—

(a) mutagenesis;

(b) the construction and use of somatic hybridoma cells (for example for the production of monoclonal antibodies);

(c) cell fusion (including protoplast fusion) of plant cells where the resulting organisms can also be produced by traditional breeding methods;

(d) self-cloning of non-pathogenic naturally occurring micro-organisms which fulfil the criteria of Group I for recipient micro-organisms; and

(e) self-cloning of non-pathogenic naturally occurring organisms other than micro-organisms which fulfil the criteria of Part III of Schedule 2.