Biosafety Act 2007 · Updated to 1 May 2019 · Part VII · Miscellaneous
69. Power to make regulations
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Minister may, upon consultation with the Board, make such regulations as may be expedient or necessary for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for natural resources and environment;
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Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made for the following:
the manner to be followed, and the information, including detection methods and sample to be furnished in an application for an approval under section 13;
the certificate of approval granted under subsection 16(3);
the manner to be followed, information and reports to be furnished in submitting a notification under subsection 22(1);
the form of the acknowledgement of receipt issued under section 25;
risk assessment and risk management reports including periodic reports by the approved person on monitoring and evaluation of risk;
emergency response plan;
the procedures to be followed in appeals made to the
Minister;
the contained use activity for any research and development carried out by teaching and public research institutes;
the procedure with taking and dealing with samples;
the identification and labelling of living modified organisms, items containing living modified organisms and products of such organisms;
the compounding of offences;
the fees payable under this Act;
any other matter as the Minister thinks expedient or necessary for the purposes of this Act.
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Regulations made under this section may provide that any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these regulations commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable—
where such person is an individual, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months 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 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
approved person
Defined · s 3“approved person” means— (a) a person to whom an approval has been granted under
Board
Defined · s 3“Board” means the National Biosafety Board established under subsection 4(1);
contained use
Defined · s 3“contained use” means any operation including research and development, production or manufacturing operation involving living modified organisms, or storage of living modified organisms, undertaken within a facility, installation or other physical structure such that it prevents the contact and impact of the living modified organisms on the external environment;
Minister
Defined · s 3“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for natural resources and environment;
products of such organisms
Defined · s 3“products of such organisms” means any product derived from a living modified organism or part of a living modified organism— (a) if the product contains detectable recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); or (b) where the profile, characteristic or properties of the product is or are no longer equivalent to its conventional counterpart irrespective of the presence of the recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); Biosafety 9