Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

GENE TECHNOLOGY AMENDMENT REGULATION 2011 (NO 1) (NO 26 OF 2011) - REG 16

substitute

non-vector system means a system in which donor nucleic acid is or was introduced into a host cell—

        (a)     in the absence of a nucleic acid-based vector; or

        (b)     using a nucleic acid-based vector in the course of a previous dealing and the vector is—

                  (i)     no longer present; or

                  (ii)     present but cannot be remobilised from a host cell.

Examples

1     A system mentioned in par (a) might involve the use of electroporation or particle bombardment.

2     A system mentioned in par (b) might involve cells that were transduced with a replication defective retroviral vector in which no vector particles remain.