Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00451:section:10:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00451
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 19212–22034

an offence against this Act or the regulations has been committed or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, to have been committed;
 (b) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting will afford evidence as to the commission of any such offence;
 (c) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting is intended to be used for the purpose of committing any such offence.
facility includes, but is not limited to, the following:
 (a) a building or part of a building;
 (b) a laboratory;
 (c) an aviary;
 (d) a glasshouse;
 (e) an insectary;
 (f) an animal house;
 (g) an aquarium or tank.
gene technology means any technique for the modification of genes or other genetic material, but does not include:
 (a) sexual reproduction; or
 (b) homologous recombination; or
 (c) any other technique specified in the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
Gene Technology Agreement means the Gene Technology Agreement made for the purposes of this Act between the Commonwealth and at least 4 States, as in force from time to time.
Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee means the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee established by section 100.
genetically modified organism means:
 (a) an organism that has been modified by gene technology; or
 (b) an organism that has inherited particular traits from an organism (the initial organism), being traits that occurred in the initial organism because of gene technology; or
 (c) anything declared by the regulations to be a genetically modified organism, or that belongs to a class of things declared by the regulations to be genetically modified organisms;
but does not include:
 (d) a human being, if the human being is covered by paragraph (a) only because the human being has undergone somatic cell gene therapy; or
 (e) an organism declared by the regulations not to be a genetically modified organism, or that belongs to a class of organisms declared by the regulations not to be genetically modified organisms.
GMO means a genetically modified organism.
GMO licence means a licence issued under section 55.
GMO Register means the GMO Register established by section 76.
GM product means a thing (other than a GMO) derived or produced from a GMO.
higher education institution means an institution within the meaning of section 4 of the Higher Education Funding Act 1988, but does not include the Australian National University.
inadvertent dealings application means an application for a GMO licence to which Division 3 or 4 of Part 5 does not apply because of the operation of section 46A or 49.
Institutional Biosafety Committee means a committee established as an Institutional Biosafety Committee in accordance with written guidelines issued by the Regulator under section 98.
jurisdiction means the following:
 (a) the Commonwealth;