Biosafety Act 2007 · s 17

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s 17Approval to be valid for subsequent release and import

(1)

Where an approval has been granted to an approved person for a release activity involving any living modified organisms or products of such organisms or the importation of living modified organisms, such approval shall be valid for the subsequent similar release activity involving the same living modified organisms or products of such organisms or importation involving the same living modified organisms undertaken by such approved person.

(2)

The provisions of subsection (1) do not in any way absolve the approved person from complying with other written laws governing the same living modified organisms or products of such organisms.

(3)

In this section, “same living modified organisms or products of such organisms” means the living modified organisms or products of such organisms as described in the approval and involving the same transformation event.