{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-2014/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-2014/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1663",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Containment and control measures for contained use involving micro-organisms",
  "text": "(1) A user who undertakes a contained use involving micro-organisms must apply the containment measures set out in the applicable table in Part 2 of Schedule 8, where and to the extent required in the column of the appropriate containment level.\n(2) A user need not apply a containment measure required for the appropriate containment level where—\n(a) the risk assessment, or any review of the risk assessment, shows that the containment measure is not necessary or practicable for a specific activity;\n(b) the notifier of the contained use has provided justification in writing to the competent authority; and\n(c) the notifier has received the written agreement of the competent authority that the containment measure need not be applied.\n(3) A person responsible for the contained use must review the containment measures applied—\n(a) at suitably regular intervals; and\n(b) immediately, if that person suspects that—\n(i) the containment measures are no longer adequate;\n(ii) the class assigned to the contained use in the risk assessment is no longer appropriate; or\n(iii) in the light of new scientific or technical knowledge, the risk assessment is no longer valid.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1663/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:11:52.096455+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."
}