# The Genetically Modified Organisms (Risk Assessment) (Records and Exemptions) Regulations 1996, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement, revocation and interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Genetically Modified Organisms (Risk Assessment)(Records and Exemptions) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 9th May 1996.
(2) The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1993 are hereby revoked.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and
“the Contained Use Regulations” means the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2014.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1106/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-risk-assessment-records-and-exemptions-regulations-1996/regulation-1
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