Regulation 19 Duty of the applicant after applying for consent to release or to marketI1

In Article 8 of the Order (consents required by certain persons) in paragraph (6) (power of Department to require further information) insert as a second sentence –

• “A notice under this paragraph must state the reasons for requiring the further information specified in the notice.”.

An applicant for a consent to release or to market genetically modified organisms who notifies the Department of any information in accordance with Article 8(6A) of the Order (requirement for applicant to notify new information regarding risks of damage to the environment) shall submit in writing to the Department a revised version of the original application for consent amended to take account of the new information.