Paragraph 1

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The following matters shall be taken into account in carrying out an assessment for the purposes of regulation 6—

(a)

any potentially harmful effects, in particular those associated with—

(i)

the recipient micro-organism,

(ii)

the inserted genetic material (originating from the donor organism),

(iii)

the vector,

(iv)

the donor micro-organism (where that donor micro-organism is used during the activity involving genetic modification), and

(v)

the resulting genetically modified micro-organism;

(b)

the characteristics of the activity;

(c)

the severity of the potentially harmful effects; and

(d)

the likelihood of the potentially harmful effects being realised.