Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00451:section:14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00451
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 14
Character Range: 26844–27837

14  Wind‑back of reach of Act
 (1) This section applies to a State (the notifying State) at a particular time if:
 (a) a corresponding State law is in force in the notifying State at that time; and
 (b) a wind‑back notice in relation to that State is in force at that time.
 (2) This Act applies as a law of the Commonwealth in the notifying State with the following modifications:
 (a) this Act applies as if paragraph 13(1)(c) (which deals with the spread of pests and diseases) had not been enacted;
 (b) this Act does not apply to a dealing with a GMO undertaken:
 (i) by a higher education institution or a State agency; or
 (ii) by a person authorised to undertake the dealing by a licence held under the corresponding State law by a higher education institution or a State agency.
 (3) In this section:
wind‑back notice, in relation to a State, means a notice given by the State to the Minister, under the Gene Technology Agreement, stating that this section is to apply to the State.