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GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 14

Wind - back of reach of Act

  (1)   This section applies to a State (the notifying State ) at a particular time if:

  (a)   a corresponding State law is in force in the notifying State at that time; and

  (b)   a wind - back notice in relation to that State is in force at that time.

  (2)   This Act applies as a law of the Commonwealth in the notifying State with the following modifications:

  (a)   this Act applies as if paragraph   13(1)(c) (which deals with the spread of pests and diseases) had not been enacted;

  (b)   this Act does not apply to a dealing with a GMO undertaken:

  (i)   by a higher education institution or a State agency; or

  (ii)   by a person authorised to undertake the dealing by a licence held under the corresponding State law by a higher education institution or a State agency.

  (3)   In this section:

"wind-back notice" , in relation to a State, means a notice given by the State to the Minister, under the Gene Technology Agreement, stating that this section is to apply to the State.



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