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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-food-and-farming-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111183274",
  "legislation_title": "The Food and Farming (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-food-and-farming-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "text": "(1) The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 23—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) omit sub-paragraphs (b) and (e);\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (d)(ii), at the end, for “and” substitute “.”;\n(b) in paragraph (3), for “periods” substitute “period”;\n(c) for paragraph (4) substitute—\n“(4) Where the assessment report referred to in paragraph (1)(d) indicates that the genetically modified organisms to which an application relates should be permitted to be marketed, the Department must invite any person, by means of a request placed on the register, to make representations on the assessment report, which must be received by the Department within a period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the request is placed on the register (which must not be earlier than the day on which the assessment report is placed on the register under regulation 35(7A)).”.\n(3) In regulation 24, for paragraphs (1) to (3) substitute—\n“24. (1) The Department must not grant an application for consent to market genetically modified organisms under Article 8(1) of the Order as it relates to the protection of human health without the agreement of the Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland.\n(2) Where the Department invites representations on the assessment report relating to an application for consent to market genetically modified organisms—\n(a) the Department must not determine whether to grant or refuse the application before the period for making representations under regulation 23(4) has ended and the Department has considered any representations made in accordance with that regulation;\n(b) the Department must, within 105 days after the end of the period for making representations under regulation 23(4)—\n(i) determine the application, and\n(ii) notify the applicant in writing of the decision to grant or refuse the application, and the reasons for that decision.\n(3) The period referred to in paragraph (2)(b) does not include any period beginning with the day on which the Department gives notice in writing under Article 8(6) of the Order that further information in respect of the application is required and ending on the day on which that information is received by the Department.”.\n(4) In regulation 34, after paragraph (7) insert—\n“(7A) A copy of any assessment report produced in accordance with regulation 23(1)(d) or regulation 25(1)(c).”.\n(5) In regulation 35—\n(a) in paragraph (2), after “(a) to (g)” insert “and (i)”;\n(b) after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3A) The information prescribed in regulation 34(3A) shall be placed on the register within twelve days of its receipt by the Department of the application for consent to market.”;\n(c) after paragraph (7) insert—\n“(7A) The information prescribed in regulation 34(7A) shall be placed on the register within twelve days of its production.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2003 No.167, amended by S.R. 2005 No. 272 and S.I. 2019/190."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111183274/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:00:07.692144+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}