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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "These Regulations (except regulation 18) shall not apply to the following techniques of genetic modification, provided that they do not involve the use of recombinant nucleic acid molecules or of genetically modified organisms other than those made by one or more of the following techniques—\n(a) mutagenesis;\n(b) cell fusion (including protoplast fusion) of prokaryotic species which can exchange genetic material through homologous recombination;\n(c) cell fusion (including protoplast fusion) of cells of any eukaryotic species, including production of hybridomas and plant cell fusions;\n(d) self-cloning, where the resulting organism is unlikely to cause disease or harm to humans, animals or plants.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 in operation at 23.10.2015, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/339/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:12.363552+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."
}