# The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992, Regulation 7: Risk assessment


(1) A person shall not—
(a) use any premises for activities involving genetic modification for the first time; or
(b) undertake any activity involving genetic modification,
unless he has ensured that, before commencing that use or activity, as the case may be, a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks created thereby to human health and the environment has been made.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the purposes of the assessment undertaken under that paragraph shall include—
(a) classifying any genetically modified organisms involved in the activity in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2; and
(b) where appropriate, making decisions about the levels of containment required for the activity concerned.
(3) In making the assessment required by paragraph (1) the person undertaking that assessment shall—
(a) in particular, take due account of the parameters set out in Schedule 3 in as far as they are relevant; and
(b) in a case in which the Executive has approved a method in relation to the activity involving genetic modification concerned or in relation to a particular element of that assessment, undertake the assessment in accordance with that method.
(4) The assessment shall be reviewed forthwith if—
(a) there is reason to suspect that the assessment is no longer valid; or
(b) there has been a significant change in the activity to which the assessment relates.
(5) The person making the assessment shall make a record of it and of any subsequent review and shall keep that record for at least 10 years from the date on which use of the premises or the activity, as the case may be, to which the assessment related, ceased.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3217/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-1992/regulation-7
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