Regulation 2 Commencement of provisions of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 in respect of precision bred plants

(1)

The provisions of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 listed in the following paragraphs come into force on 13th November 2025 for all remaining purposes in so far as they relate to precision bred organisms which are precision bred plants^f1.

(2)

In Part 2 (precision bred organisms: release, marketing and risk assessment)—

(a)

sections 3 to 9;

(b)

section 16, except subsection (3)(c) and (d);

(c)

section 17;

(d)

section 18, except subsection (1)(f), (g) and (h);

(e)

sections 19 to 21;

(f)

section 22(1) and (2);

(g)

sections 23 and 24.

(3)

In Part 3 (food and feed produced from precision bred organisms), sections 26 to 30.

(4)

In Part 4 (enforcement), sections 31 to 38.

(5)

In Part 5 (general), sections 40 and 41.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See sections 1 and 2 of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 for the meaning given to “precision bred organism” and “precision bred plant”.