**EXHIBIT 12.02**

 

**SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 302(a) CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Sidney C. Hack, certify that:

 

1.           1 have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-Fof Genetic Technologies Limited;

 

2.           Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.           Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for,the periods presented in this report;

 

4.           The Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsiblefor establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as definedin Exchange Act Rules I3a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controlover financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d- 15(f) for the company and have:

 

(a)           Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

 

(b)           Designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;

 

(c)           Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and proceduresand presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)           Disclosed in this report any changein the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred duringthe period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect the company’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

 

5. The Company’s other certifying officer and Ihave disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of thecompany’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)  All significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in thecompany’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date:  December 30,  2008 | /s/ Sidney C.  Hack                           |
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|                           | Sidney C. Hack                                |
|                           | Director and  Chairman of the Audit Committee |

 

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