Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996

44A Additional matters to be considered for certain developments and field tests

• (1) This section applies to an application—

  • (a) to develop a new organism in containment that is a genetically modified organism, to the extent that the development does not take place in a containment structure:

  • (b) to field test a new organism in containment if the new organism is a genetically modified organism.

  (2) In deciding whether to approve or decline an application, the Authority must take into account—

  • (a) any adverse effects of developing or field testing the organism on—

    • (i) human health and safety; and

    • (ii) the environment, in particular ecosystems and their constituent parts; and

  • (b) any alternative method of achieving the research objective that has fewer adverse effects on the matters referred to in paragraph (a) than the development or field test; and

  • (c) any effects resulting from the transfer of any genetic elements to other organisms in or around the site of the development or field test.

  (3) The matters referred to in subsection (2) are in addition to the matters referred to in sections 44 and 45.

  (4) [Repealed]

  Section 44A: inserted, on 28 May 2002, by section 7(1) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Genetically Modified Organisms) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 13).

  Section 44A(4): repealed, on 30 October 2003, by section 25 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 54).