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Security arrangements
Decontamination of containers
Packaging with coolants
1.4 Requirements for Transport of PC4 GMOs
1.4.1 All GMOs
Part 2 Requirements for the Storage of GMOs
      2.1 Storage requirements for PC1 and PC2 GMOs stored outside of authorised physical containment facilities.
Restrictions on storage
Containment
Loss, spill or escape of GMOs during storage
Labelling
Accounting requirements
Security
      2.2 Storage requirements for PC3 and PC4 GMOs stored outside of authorised physical containment facilities.
Part 3 Requirements for the Disposal of GMOs.
3.1 Requirements for the Disposal of PC1 & PC2 GMOs
Other regulations
Notice that item to be disposed of is a GMO
Decontamination Prior to Disposal
Decontamination methods
Prohibited decontamination
3.2 Requirements for the Disposal of PC3 & PC4 GMOs
Standards referenced in this document
List of the Australian/New Zealand standards referenced in this document

Definitions and Acronyms

Unless defined otherwise in these guidelines, words and phrases used in these guidelines have the same meaning as in the Act and the Regulations.

Words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular.

References to any statute or other legislation (whether primary or subordinate) are a reference to a statute or other legislation of the Commonwealth of Australia as amended or replaced from time to time and equivalent provisions, if any, in corresponding State law, unless the contrary intention appears.

Where any word or phrase is given a defined meaning, any other part of speech or other grammatical form in respect of that word has a corresponding meaning.

aerosol                                   Suspension in air of finely dispersed solids and liquids.

authorised physical containment facility  A physical containment facility that is:
or                                           certified by the Regulator under section 84 of the Act;
authorised PC(1, 2, 3 or 4) facility         permitted to contain GMO dealings under conditions of a licence issued by the Regulator; or
                                             otherwise authorised in writing by the Regulator under regulation 13(2)(c) of the Regulations.

                                          'PC(1, 2, 3 or 4)' means Physical Containment level 1, 2, 3 or 4.

decontamination or decontaminate          A physical or chemical process which removes, kills or renders non-viable the GMOs used. In the case of micro-organisms this may not necessarily result in sterility.

disposal                                  The destruction, discarding, or throwing away of decontaminated GMOs.

GMO                                       Genetically Modified Organism.

GM                                        Genetically Modified

flood                                     For the purposes of these guidelines 'flood' includes:
                                             mainstream flooding (an event where water from a creek, river, lake, estuary or coastal waters overflows the natural or artificial banks of the principal watercourses in a catchment);
                                             flash flooding (flooding that occurs within six hours of the rain which causes the flooding); and
                                             stormwater flooding (local runoff exceeding the capacity of an urban stormwater drainage system).