Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) If, at the commencement of the Act, part 7 there is in force for an existing facility a notice from the genetic manipulation advisory committee that the facility provides a specified physical containment level, the facility is taken to be certified to that physical containment level under the Act, section 84.
(2) Subregulation (1) applies—
(a) subject to the Act, section 86 (b) and (c), section 87 and section 88; and
(b) for a facility in relation to which the notice states that it is a physical containment level 2 facility (other than a PC2 Large Scale facility)—until the end of 2 years after the day the Act, part 7 commences, provided the facility complies with the regulator's guidelines about the requirements for certification at that level; and
(c) for a facility in relation to which the notice states that it is a physical containment level 3 or level 4 facility, a PC2 Large Scale facility or a facility providing appropriate physical containment for a specified purpose—until the end of 1 year after the day the Act, part 7 commences, provided the facility complies with the regulator's guidelines about the requirements for certification at its stated containment level.
(3) In this regulation:
PC2 Large Scale facility means a physical containment level 2 facility so described by the notice given in relation to the facility by the genetic manipulation advisory committee.