Paragraph 4

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 3 para. 1(c) word omitted by Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) 2010 reg. 3(2)(a)
Sch. 3 para. 1(d) word substituted by Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) 2010 reg. 3(2)(b)
Sch. 3 para. 1(e) inserted by Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) 2010 reg. 3(2)(c)
Sch. 3 para. 3(ba) inserted by Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) 2010 reg. 3(3)

To assign an activity involving genetic modification of micro-organisms to the appropriate containment level for the purposes of paragraph 3(h), the person carrying out the assessment for the purposes of regulation 6 shall—

(a)

first identify for each selected containment measure the column in the applicable Table in Schedule 8 having the lowest number in which that selected containment measure is shown as being required, regardless of whether or not such requirement is subject to any qualification;

(b)

then select the highest number of all the columns identified in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) above; and

(c)

then assign the activity involving genetic modification in question to the containment level of that highest number.