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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-scotland-regulations-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-33",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/541",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/33",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In relation to human health, animal health and plant health–\n(a) the toxic or allergenic effects of the organisms and/or their metabolic products;\n(b) the comparison of the modified organism to the donor, recipient or (where appropriate) parental organism regarding pathogenicity;\n(c) the capacity of the organisms for colonisation;\n(d) if the organism is pathogenic to humans who are immunocompetent–\n(i) diseases caused and mechanism of pathogenicity including invasiveness and virulence;\n(ii) communicability;\n(iii) infective dose;\n(iv) host range and possibility of alteration;\n(v) possibility of survival outside of human host;\n(vi) presence of vectors or means of dissemination;\n(vii) biological stability;\n(viii) antibiotic resistance patterns;\n(ix) allergenicity; and\n(x) availability of appropriate therapies; and\n(e) the other product hazards.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/541/schedule/3/paragraph/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:58.658137+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."
}