Regulation 5 Application for precision bred confirmation - marketing notice

(1)

This regulation applies for the purposes of a marketing notice under section 6(1) of the Act (application for precision bred confirmation).

(2)

A marketing notice under paragraph (1) must contain the information specified in Schedules 2 and 3.

(3)

The marketing notice may be accompanied by any other information that the notifier^f1 considers relevant.

(4)

A marketing notice given in relation to a precision bred organism (“the initial precision bred organism”) may serve as a marketing notice in relation to other precision bred organisms provided that those other precision bred organisms—

(a)

belong to the same species as the initial precision bred organism;

(b)

share the same altered characteristics as the initial precision bred organism, as described in the marketing notice in accordance with paragraph 5(e) of Schedule 2, where—

(i)

the altered characteristics were caused in the same way by the genetic changes described in paragraph 5(e) of Schedule 2, and

(ii)

the genetic changes in paragraph (i) result from the same techniques of modern biotechnology^f2 described in paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 2;

(c)

have been analysed in accordance with the analysis and procedures described in relation to the initial precision bred organism under paragraph 9 of Schedule 2.

(5)

The notifier may, by giving notice to the Secretary of State, withdraw a marketing notice at any time before the Secretary of State makes a decision under section 8(1) of the Act (issue of precision bred confirmation).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: “Notifier” is defined in section 6(1) of the Act.
f2: “Modern biotechnology” is defined in section 1(3) of the Act.