{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-1992/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3217",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-1992",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Characteristics of the donor, recipient or (where appropriate) parental organism",
  "text": "The following matters shall be investigated and assessed in relation to any organism which is or will be a donor, recipient or parental organism—\n(a) the name, species, subspecies and strain of the organism;\n(b) the degree of relatedness between the donor, recipient (and where appropriate the parental) organism in relation to which the assessment is being carried out;\n(c) the sources of the organism;\n(d) the reproductive cycle of the organism;\n(e) history of prior genetic modifications to the organism;\n(f) the stability of the genetic traits of the organism;\n(g) the nature of the pathogenicity, virulence, infectivity, toxicity, and vectors of disease transmission of the organism;\n(h) the base sequence, frequency of mobilisation and specificity of the organism’s indigenous vectors;\n(i) the presence in the organism of genes which confer resistance;\n(j) the host range of an organism which is a parasite or pathogen;\n(k) the organism’s other potentially significant physiological traits, and the stability of those traits;\n(l) the organism’s natural habitat and geographic distribution;\n(m) the climatic characteristics of the organism’s natural habitat;\n(n) the significant involvement of the organism in environmental processes, including nitrogen fixation and pH regulation;\n(o) the interaction of the organism with other organisms in the environment and its effect on those organisms, including its likely competitive or symbiotic properties;\n(p) the ability of the organism to form survival structures, including seeds, spores or sclerotia.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3217/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:08:32.086650+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."
}