# Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, Section 44: Interpretation Extent: E+W+S+N.I. In this Act the following terms have the following meanings— “advisory body” means the advisory committee or welfare advisory body; “the advisory committee” has the meaning given by section 22(1); “the affirmative procedure” has the meaning given by section 43(4); “animal” has the meaning given by section section 2(2); “compliance notice” has the meaning given by section 33(1); “control” is to be read in accordance with section 3(2); “enforcement authority” means a body designated as such under section 28(1); “enforcement notice” has the meaning given by section 32(3); “the environment” includes land, air, water and living organisms supported by any of those media; “gamete” has the meaning given by section 2(4); “legislation” means— (a) primary legislation, (b) retained direct EU legislation, or (c) subordinate legislation; “marketable precision bred organism” has the meaning given by section 5(2); “marketing notice” has the meaning given by section 6(1); “modern biotechnology” has the meaning given by section 1(3); “modify”, in relation to legislation, includes amend, repeal or revoke (and related terms are to be read accordingly); “monetary penalty notice” has the meaning given by section 35(1); “the negative procedure” has the meaning given by section 43(5); “notifier”, in relation to a marketing notice, has the meaning given by section 6(1) (but see section 11(9)); “organism” (except in section 2) means plant or animal; “Part 2 obligation” has the meaning given by section 21; “Part 3 obligation” has the meaning given by section 29; “plant” has the meaning given by section 2(1); “precision bred” has the meaning given by section 1; “precision bred animal marketing authorisation” means a marketing authorisation issued under section 13(1); “precision bred confirmation” has the meaning given by section 8(1)(a)(i); “precision bred organism” has the meaning given by section 1(1); “precision bred trait”, in relation to a relevant animal, means a trait of the animal which results from a feature of the animal’s genome that results from the application of modern biotechnology; “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations; “primary legislation” means— (a) an Act, (b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (c) an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru, or (d) Northern Ireland legislation; “progeny”, in relation to a precision bred organism, includes any progeny of the organism, whether resulting from sexual or asexual reproduction; “qualifying progeny” has the meaning given by section 24; “the register” has the meaning given by section 18; “regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State; “relevant animal” has the meaning given by section 10; “relevant breach” has the meaning given by section 31(1); “stop notice” has the meaning given by section 34(1); “subordinate legislation” means an instrument made under primary legislation or under retained direct EU legislation; “the welfare advisory body” has the meaning given by section 22(3). --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/6/section/44 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/genetic-technology-precision-breeding-act-2023/section-44 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.