Biosafety Act 2007 · Updated to 1 May 2019 · Part IV · Notification for Export, Contained Use and Import for Contained Use
32. Review of notification upon obtaining new information
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The Board may, in consultation with the Advisory
Board
“Board” means the National Biosafety Board established under subsection 4(1);
Committee, review any notification at any time upon obtaining new information or evidence on the living modified organisms relating to such notification.
Upon review, where there is a risk posed to human, plant or animal health, the environment or biological diversity, the Board may take any of the following actions:
biological diversity
“biological diversity” means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; and includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems;
make a cessation order;
impose additional terms and conditions;
order the approved person to make rectifications; or
make any other order as the Board thinks fit in the interest of biosafety.
Where the Board makes a cessation order, the approved person shall cease all activities involving living modified organisms immediately and shall, within seven days from the date of the notification of the cessation order, surrender the acknowledgement of submission of notification issued under section 25 to the Board.
approved person
“approved person” means— (a) a person to whom an approval has been granted under
Any approved person who contravenes any order made by the
Board under subsection (2) or contravenes subsection (3) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable—
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where such person is an individual, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction;
where such person is a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.
Terms defined in s 3
Advisory Committee
Defined · s 3“Advisory Committee” means the Genetic Modification Advisory Committee established under section 6;
approved person
Defined · s 3“approved person” means— (a) a person to whom an approval has been granted under
biological diversity
Defined · s 3“biological diversity” means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; and includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems;
Board
Defined · s 3“Board” means the National Biosafety Board established under subsection 4(1);
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