# Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (revoked) S.R. 2001/295 · made 6 August 2001 · revised to 23 October 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-northern-ireland-2001-revoked/pdf/nisr_20010295_en.pdf ## Introductory text HEALTH AND SAFETY Made 6th August 2001 Coming into operation 25th September 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: Interpretation and General ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Meaning of “work” and “at work” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Modification of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: Risk assessment and notification of activities involving Genetic Modification ## 6 Risk assessment of activities involving genetically modified micro-organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Risk assessment of activities involving genetically modified organisms other than micro-organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Review and recording of risk assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Notification of the intention to use premises for the first time for activities involving genetic modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Notification of class 2 activities involving genetic modification of micro-organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Notification of class 3 or class 4 activities involving genetic modification of micro-organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Notification of activities involving genetic modification of organisms other than micro-organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Notification of connected programmes of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Duties on receiving notifications and additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Additional provisions relating to notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: Conduct of activities involving Genetic Modification ## 16 Establishment of a genetic modification safety committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Principles of occupational and environmental safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Containment and control measures for activities involving genetic modification of micro-organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Containment and control measures for activities involving genetic modification of organisms other than micro-organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Emergency plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Information relating to accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: Disclosure of Information and Publicity ## 22 Disclosure of information provided pursuant to regulations 9 to 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Disclosure of information provided pursuant to regulation 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Register of notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24A “Information not to be included in the register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: Miscellaneous and General ## 25 Exemption certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Enforcement and civil liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Fees for notifications and applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Application within territorial waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Revocations, amendments and savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 Classes of activity involving genetic modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part I: Examples of techniques constituting genetic modification ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Techniques which are not considered to result in genetic modification ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Techniques to which these regulations do not apply ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part I: Matters to be taken into account in carrying out an assessment for the purposes of regulation 6 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Steps to be included when carrying out an assessment for the purposes of regulation 6 ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part I: Matters to be taken into account in carrying out an assessment for the purposes of regulation 7 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Steps to be included when carrying out an assessment for the purposes of regulation 7 ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 Information required for a notification under regulation 9(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part I: Information required for a notification under regulation 10(1) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Information required for a notification under regulation 11(1) ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Information required for a notification under regulation 12(1) ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7 General principles of good microbiological practice and of good occupational safety and hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Containment measures ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9 Fees for notifications and applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: Transitional provisions ## 1 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Risk assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Notification of premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Notification of activities involving genetic modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Notification of proposed activities involving genetic modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Duties on receiving notifications and additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Additional provisions relating to notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Emergency plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Disclosure of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Register of notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Reference to previous notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11: Premises and activities within territorial waters ## 1 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Offshore installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Pipelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Other activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/295 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-northern-ireland-2001-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.