Paragraph 12
The following pathological, ecological and physiological traits:–
the generation time in natural ecosystems, sexual and asexual reproductive cycle;
information on survivability, including seasonability and the ability to form survival structures, including seeds, spores and sclerotia;
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;
antibiotic resistance, and potential use of these antibiotics in humans and domestic organisms for prophylaxis and therapy; and
involvement in environmental processes, including primary production, nutrient turnover, decomposition of organic matter and respiration.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in sch. 3 para. 12(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/57), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(26); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Word in sch. 3 para. 12(a) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/374), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 2(6)