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Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002

S.I. 2002/2443 · Made 25 September 2002

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Made 25th September 2002

Laid before Parliament 26th September 2002

Coming into force 17th October 2002

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972M1, being the Minister designatedM2 for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms, and sections 108(7), 111(1), (4), (5), (7) and (11), 122(1) and (4), 123(7), and 156 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990M3, having consulted the Food Standards Agency in accordance with section 126(5) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

1972 c. 68.

M2

SI 1991/755.

M3

1990 c. 43.

Contents

  1. Part I: GENERAL
  2. 1Citation, commencement, extent and application
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 3Purpose of Part VI of the Act and meaning of “genetically modified organisms” etc
  5. 4Meaning of “damage to the environment” etc
  6. 5Techniques of genetic modification
  7. 6Environmental risk assessment
  8. 7Communication with applicant for consent
  9. Part II: RELEASING ORGANISMS FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN MARKETING
  10. 8Requirement for consent to release
  11. 9Exempt Activities
  12. 9AExemption for release of qualifying higher plants Repealed
  13. 9BNotification requirement for release of qualifying higher plants Repealed
  14. 10Applications for consent to release—general provisions
  15. 11Information to be contained in applications for consent to release
  16. 12Advertisement of applications for consent to release
  17. 13Transitional provisions for release
  18. Part III: MARKETING ORGANISMS
  19. 14Requirement for consent to market
  20. 15Exempt activities
  21. 16Applications for consent to market
  22. 17Transitional provisions for marketing Repealed
  23. 17ATransitional measures for adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk evaluation. Repealed
  24. 18Applications for renewal of consent to market
  25. Part IV: DUTIES AFTER THE MAKING OF APPLICATIONS
  26. 19Duty of the applicant after applying for consent to release or to market
  27. 20Duties of the Secretary of State in relation to applications for consent to release
  28. 21Decisions by the Secretary of State on applications for consent to release
  29. 22Variation or revocation of consents to release
  30. 23Duties of the Secretary of State in relation to applications for consent to market
  31. 24Decisions by the Secretary of State on applications for consent to market
  32. 25Duties of the Secretary of State on receiving applications for renewal of consent to market
  33. 26Decisions by the Secretary of State on applications for renewal of consent to market
  34. 27Genetically modified organisms containing antibiotic resistance markers
  35. Part V: GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR CONSENTS
  36. 28General provisions of consents to market
  37. 29General conditions in consents to release or market
  38. 30Proof of compliance with consent conditions
  39. 31Variation or revocation of a consent to market
  40. Part VI: SAFEGUARD
  41. 32Safeguard
  42. Part VII: CONFIDENTIALITY
  43. 33Confidentiality
  44. Part VIII: REGISTER OF INFORMATION
  45. 34Information to be included in the register
  46. 35Keeping the register
  47. 36Publication of representations
  48. Part IX: MISCELLANEOUS
  49. 37Revocations
  50. 38Application of Part VI of the Act to territorial sea and continental shelf
  51. 39Application of Part VI of the Act: England and Wales
  52. Signature
  53. Schedule 1: Information to be included in applications for consent to release genetically modified higher plants for non-marketing purposes
  54. Part I: General Information
  55. 1Paragraph 1
  56. 2Paragraph 2
  57. Part II: Information relating to the parental or recipient plant
  58. 3Paragraph 3
  59. 4Paragraph 4
  60. 5Paragraph 5
  61. 6Paragraph 6
  62. 7Paragraph 7
  63. 8Paragraph 8
  64. 9Paragraph 9
  65. Part III: Information relating to the genetic modification
  66. 10Paragraph 10
  67. 11Paragraph 11
  68. 12Paragraph 12
  69. Part IV: Information relating to the genetically modified plant
  70. 13Paragraph 13
  71. 14Paragraph 14
  72. 15Paragraph 15
  73. 15AParagraph 15A
  74. 15BParagraph 15B
  75. 16Paragraph 16 Repealed
  76. 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
  77. Part 4A: Information on specific areas of risk
  78. 18Paragraph 18
  79. 19Paragraph 19 Repealed
  80. 20Paragraph 20 Repealed
  81. 21Paragraph 21 Repealed
  82. 22Paragraph 22 Repealed
  83. 23Paragraph 23 Repealed
  84. 24Paragraph 24
  85. 25Paragraph 25
  86. Part V: Information relating to the site of release
  87. ...
  88. 26Paragraph 26
  89. 27Paragraph 27
  90. 28Paragraph 28
  91. 29Paragraph 29
  92. Part VI: Information relating to the release
  93. ...
  94. 30Paragraph 30
  95. 31Paragraph 31
  96. 32Paragraph 32
  97. 33Paragraph 33
  98. 34Paragraph 34
  99. Part VII: Information on control, monitoring, post-release and waste treatment plans
  100. ...
  101. 35Paragraph 35
  102. 36Paragraph 36
  103. 37Paragraph 37
  104. 38Paragraph 38
  105. 39Paragraph 39
  106. 40Paragraph 40
  107. Part VIII: Information on methodology
  108. 41Paragraph 41
  109. Schedule 1A: Information to be included in applications for consent to market genetically modified higher plants
  110. Part 1: General information
  111. 1Paragraph 1
  112. 2Paragraph 2
  113. Part 2: Information relating to the parental or recipient plant
  114. 3Paragraph 3
  115. 4Paragraph 4
  116. 5Paragraph 5
  117. 6Paragraph 6
  118. 7Paragraph 7
  119. 8Paragraph 8
  120. 9Paragraph 9
  121. Part 3: Information Relating to the Genetic Modification
  122. 10Paragraph 10
  123. 11Paragraph 11
  124. 12Paragraph 12
  125. Part 4: Information relating to the genetically modified plant
  126. 13Paragraph 13
  127. 14Paragraph 14
  128. 15Paragraph 15
  129. 16Paragraph 16
  130. 17Paragraph 17
  131. 18Paragraph 18
  132. Part 5: Information on specific areas of risk
  133. 19Paragraph 19
  134. 20Paragraph 20
  135. 21Paragraph 21
  136. 22Paragraph 22
  137. 23Paragraph 23
  138. 24Paragraph 24
  139. 25Paragraph 25
  140. 26Paragraph 26
  141. 27Paragraph 27
  142. 28Paragraph 28
  143. Part 6: Information about the detection, identification and previous releases of the genetically modified plant
  144. 30Paragraph 30
  145. 31Paragraph 31
  146. Schedule 2: Information to be included in applications for consent to release or market organisms other than genetically modified higher plants
  147. Part I: General information
  148. 1Paragraph 1
  149. 2Paragraph 2
  150. Part II: Information relating to the organisms
  151. Characteristics of donor, parental and recipient organisms
  152. 3Paragraph 3
  153. 4Paragraph 4
  154. 5Paragraph 5
  155. 6Paragraph 6
  156. 7Paragraph 7
  157. 8Paragraph 8
  158. 9Paragraph 9
  159. 10Paragraph 10
  160. 11Paragraph 11
  161. 12Paragraph 12
  162. 13Paragraph 13
  163. 14Paragraph 14
  164. Characteristics of the vector
  165. 15Paragraph 15
  166. 16Paragraph 16
  167. 17Paragraph 17
  168. 18Paragraph 18
  169. Characteristics of the modified organisms
  170. 19Paragraph 19
  171. 20Paragraph 20
  172. 21Paragraph 21
  173. 22Paragraph 22
  174. 23Paragraph 23
  175. 24Paragraph 24
  176. Characteristics of the genetically modified organisms in their final form
  177. 25Paragraph 25
  178. 26Paragraph 26
  179. 27Paragraph 27
  180. 28Paragraph 28
  181. 29Paragraph 29
  182. 30Paragraph 30
  183. 31Paragraph 31
  184. 32Paragraph 32
  185. 33Paragraph 33
  186. Part III: Information relating to the conditions of release
  187. The release
  188. 34Paragraph 34
  189. 35Paragraph 35
  190. 36Paragraph 36
  191. 37Paragraph 37
  192. 38Paragraph 38
  193. 39Paragraph 39
  194. 40Paragraph 40
  195. 41Paragraph 41
  196. 42Paragraph 42
  197. 43Paragraph 43
  198. 44Paragraph 44
  199. The environment (both on the site and in the wider environment)
  200. 45Paragraph 45
  201. 46Paragraph 46
  202. 47Paragraph 47
  203. 48Paragraph 48
  204. 49Paragraph 49
  205. 50Paragraph 50
  206. 51Paragraph 51
  207. 52Paragraph 52
  208. 53Paragraph 53
  209. Part IV: Information relating to the interactions between the organisms and the environment
  210. Characteristics affecting survival, multiplication and dissemination
  211. 54Paragraph 54
  212. 55Paragraph 55
  213. 56Paragraph 56
  214. Interactions with the environment
  215. 57Paragraph 57
  216. 58Paragraph 58
  217. 59Paragraph 59
  218. 60Paragraph 60
  219. 61Paragraph 61
  220. 62Paragraph 62
  221. 63Paragraph 63
  222. 64Paragraph 64
  223. 65Paragraph 65
  224. 66Paragraph 66
  225. 67Paragraph 67
  226. 68Paragraph 68
  227. 69Paragraph 69
  228. 70Paragraph 70
  229. 71Paragraph 71
  230. 72Paragraph 72
  231. Part V: Information on monitoring, control, waste treatment and emergency response plans
  232. Monitoring techniques
  233. 73Paragraph 73
  234. 74Paragraph 74
  235. 75Paragraph 75
  236. 76Paragraph 76
  237. Control of the release
  238. 77Paragraph 77
  239. 78Paragraph 78
  240. 79Paragraph 79
  241. Waste treatment
  242. 80Paragraph 80
  243. 81Paragraph 81
  244. 82Paragraph 82
  245. Emergency response plans
  246. 83Paragraph 83
  247. 84Paragraph 84
  248. 85Paragraph 85
  249. 86Paragraph 86
  250. 87Paragraph 87
  251. Part VI: Information on methodology
  252. Paragraph
  253. Schedule 3: Information to be included in applications for consent to market genetically modified organisms
  254. Part I: General information
  255. 1Paragraph 1
  256. 2Paragraph 2
  257. 3Paragraph 3
  258. 4Paragraph 4
  259. 5Paragraph 5
  260. 6Paragraph 6
  261. 7Paragraph 7
  262. 8Paragraph 8
  263. Part II: Additional relevant information
  264. 9Paragraph 9
  265. 10Paragraph 10
  266. 11Paragraph 11
  267. 12Paragraph 12
  268. 13Paragraph 13
  269. 14Paragraph 14
  270. 15Paragraph 15
  271. Schedule 3A: Information to be provided to the Secretary of State alongside a notice of intention to release a qualifying higher plant Repealed
  272. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  273. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  274. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  275. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  276. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  277. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  278. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  279. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  280. Schedule 4: Information to be included in an assessment report
  281. 1Paragraph 1
  282. 2Paragraph 2
  283. 3Paragraph 3
  284. 4Paragraph 4
  285. 5Paragraph 5
  286. 6Paragraph 6
  287. Schedule 5REVOCATIONS
  288. Explanatory note