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Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 3280

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

[^F1The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 _cross-notes

Made

21st December 1992

Laid before Parliament

11th January 1993

Coming into force

1st February 1993

The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1), being the Ministers designated(2) for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms, and sections 106(4) and (5), 107(8), 111(1), (4), (5), (7) and (11), 122(1) and (4) and 126(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(3), and the Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 156 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, hereby make the following Regulations:—

PART I GENERAL

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

^F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Artificial techniques of genetic modification

^F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Capacity of organisms for causing harm

^F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART II RELEASING ORGANISMS

Consent to release organisms

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Information to be contained in application for consent to release

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Exemptions from regulation 6

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Advertisement of application for consent to release

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General condition on consents to release organisms _I1

9. In section 112 of the Act (Consents: limitations and conditions) there shall be substituted for paragraph (b) of subsection (5) the following paragraph—

“(b)notify the Secretary of State of—

(i)any new information which becomes available with regard to any risks there are of damage to the environment being so caused, and

(ii)the effects of any releases by him for the assessment of any risks there are of damage to the environment being so caused by such organisms being released or marketed;”.

PART III MARKETING ORGANISMS

Consent to market products

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Information to be contained in application for consent to market

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Transitional provision for marketing

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PART IV DUTIES AFTER THE MAKING OF APPLICATIONS

Duty of the applicant after applying for consent _I2

13.—(1) In section 111 of the Act (Consents required by certain persons), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(6A) Where an applicant for consent for releasing or marketing genetically modified organisms becomes aware, before his application is either granted or rejected, of any new information with regard to any risks there are of damage to the environment being caused as a result of the organisms being released or marketed, he shall notify the Secretary of State of that new information forthwith.”

(2) In section 118(1)(e) of the Act (Offences) , after the words “section 108(5) or (6)” there shall be inserted the words “or section 111(6A)”.

Duties of the Secretary of State on receiving applications for consent to release

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Decisions by the Secretary of State on applications for consent to release

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Duties of the Secretary of State in relation to applications for consent to market

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PART V REGISTER OF INFORMATION

Information to be included in register

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Keeping of the register

^F118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Michael Howard

Secretary of State for the Environment

18th December 1992

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 21st December 1992.

L.S.

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

17th December 1992

Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

18th December 1992

Regulations 6 and 11

SCHEDULE 1 APPLICATIONS FOR CONSENT TO RELEASE OR MARKET GENETICALLY MODIFIED HIGHER PLANTS

PART I GENERAL INFORMATION

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PART II INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PARENTAL OR RECIPIENT PLANT

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^F17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PART III INFORMATION RELATING TO THE GENETIC MODIFICATION

^F110. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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^F112. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART IV INFORMATION RELATING TO THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT

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^F115. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F116. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F117. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F119. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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^F122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F123. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART V INFORMATION RELATING TO THE SITE OF RELEASE (Applications for consent to release only)

^F124. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F125. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F126. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F127. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART VI INFORMATION RELATING TO THE RELEASE (Applications for consent to release only)

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30. The method by which the genetically modified plants will be released.

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PART VII INFORMATION ON CONTROL, MONITORING, POST-RELEASE PLANS AND WASTE TREATMENT PLANS(Applications for consent to release only)

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^F134. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F135. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PART VIII INFORMATION ON THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE RELEASE OF THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS

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^F139. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F140. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F141. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Regulations 6 and 11

SCHEDULE 1A APPLICATIONS FOR CONSENT TO RELEASE OR MARKET ORGANISMS OTHER THAN GENETICALLY MODIFIED HIGHER PLANTS

PART I GENERAL INFORMATION

^F11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

^F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART II INFORMATION RELATING TO THE ORGANISMS

Characteristics of the donor, parental and recipient organisms