# The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Paragraph 12: Characteristics of donor, parental and recipient organisms

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

The following pathological, ecological and physiological traits -
(a) the classification of hazard according to existing Community rules concerning the protection of human health and the environment;
(b) the generation time in natural ecosystems, sexual and asexual reproductive cycle;
(c) information on survivability, including seasonability and the ability to form survival structures, including seeds, spores and sclerotia;
(d) pathogencity, including infectivity, toxigenicity, virulence, allergenicity, carrier (vector) of pathogen, possible vectors, host range including non-target organisms and possible activation of latent viruses (proviruses) and ability to colonise other organisms;
(e) antibiotic resistance, and potential use of these antibiotics in humans and domestic organisms for prophylaxis and therapy;
(f) involvement in environmental processes, including primary production, nutrient turnover, decomposition of organic matter and respiration.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/167/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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