Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Ministerial Council may, by legislative instrument, issue codes of practice in relation to gene technology.
Note: Subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 confers power to revoke or amend an instrument issued under an Act.
(2) The Ministerial Council must not issue a code of practice unless the code of practice was developed by the Regulator in consultation with the following:
(a) the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee;
(b) the Ethics and Community Committee;
(d) such Commonwealth and State agencies and such regulatory agencies as the Ministerial Council considers appropriate;
(e) such industry groups as the Ministerial Council considers appropriate;
(f) such environmental, consumer and other groups as the Ministerial Council considers appropriate.