Australian Capital Territory
Gene Technology Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2011-26

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Gene Technology Act 2003.
Dated 31 August 2011.
Katy Gallagher
Minister
Simon Corbell
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Gene Technology Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2011-26
made under the
Gene Technology Act 2003

    
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Legislation amended	1
	4	Section 6 (1) (e)	1
	5	Section 11A	1
	6	Section 12 (1) (a)	2
	7	Section 13	2
	8	Section 13A	4
	9	Section 39 (1) (b)	7
	10	Section 39 (1) (d)	8
	11	New part 9	8
	12	Schedule 1, item 7, subparagraph (b) (i)	9
	13	Schedule 2, part 2.1, new item 3A	9
	14	Schedule 2, part 2.1, item 4	10
	15	Schedule 2, part 2.2	11
	16	Schedule 2, part 2.3, definition of non-vector system, except note	15
	17	Schedule 3	16
	18	Dictionary, note 2	27
	19	Dictionary, new definition of AS/NZS 2243.3:2010	27
	20	Dictionary, new definitions	27
	21	Dictionary, definition of oncogenic modification	28

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Gene Technology Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 1).
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on 1 September 2011.
Note 	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Legislation amended
This regulation amends the Gene Technology Regulation 2004.
4	Section 6 (1) (e)
omit
5	Section 11A
substitute
11A	Time limit for deciding variation application—Act, s 71 (7)
	(1)	The regulator must vary the licence, or refuse to vary the licence, within 90 days after the day an application for a variation of the licence is received by the regulator.
	(2)	For the period mentioned in subsection (1), the following days are not counted:
	(a)	a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday;
	(b)	a day on which the regulator cannot proceed with the decision-making process, or a related function, because the regulator is waiting for information that the applicant has been asked, in writing, to give.
6	Section 12 (1) (a)
substitute
	(a)	it is a dealing of a kind mentioned in schedule 3, part 3.1 or part 3.2 (other than a dealing also mentioned in schedule 3, part 3.3); and
7	Section 13
substitute
13	Requirements for undertaking notifiable low risk dealings
	(1)	A person may undertake a notifiable low risk dealing only if—
	(a)	a person or an accredited organisation has prepared and submitted a written proposal for an institutional biosafety committee to assess whether the dealing is a notifiable low risk dealing; and
	(b)	the institutional biosafety committee has assessed the dealing to be a notifiable low risk dealing mentioned in schedule 3, part 3.1 or part 3.2; and
	(c)	the dealing undertaken is the dealing described in the institutional biosafety committee’s record of assessment of the proposal; and
	(d)	the dealing is only undertaken before the day mentioned in section 13A for the dealing; and
	(e)	the person is mentioned in the institutional biosafety committee’s record of assessment as having the appropriate training and experience to undertake the dealing; and
	(f)	the dealing is undertaken in facilities mentioned in the institutional biosafety committee’s record of assessment as being appropriate for the dealing; and
	(g)	the person keeps or can give, on request, a copy of the institutional biosafety committee’s record of assessment to an inspector; and
	(h)	the person does not compromise the containment of a GMO involved in the dealing; and
	(i)	the person undertakes the dealing in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
Note	A person complies with par (e) if the person is in a class of people that an institutional biosafety committee has included in the record of assessment as having the appropriate training and experience to undertake the dealing.  Similarly, a person complies with par (f) if the facility in which the person undertakes the dealing is in a class of facilities that an institutional biosafety committee has included in the record of assessment as being appropriate for the dealing.
	(2)	A notifiable low risk dealing must be undertaken—
	(a)	for a kind of dealing mentioned in schedule 3, part 3.1—in a facility certified by the regulator to at least physical containment level 1 and that is appropriate for the dealing; or
	(b)	for a kind of dealing mentioned in schedule 3, part 3.2—
	(i)	that is not a dealing mentioned in subparagraph (ii)—in a facility certified by the regulator to at least physical containment level 2 and that is appropriate for the dealing; or
	(ii)	that involves a micro-organism that satisfies the criteria in AS/NZS 2243.3:2010 for classification as Risk Group 3—in a facility certified by the regulator to at least physical containment level 3 and that is appropriate for the dealing; or
	(c)	in a facility that the regulator has agreed in writing is a facility in which the dealing may be undertaken.
	(3)	However, if a notifiable low risk dealing involves the transportation, storage or disposal of a GMO, the transportation, storage or disposal—
	(a)	may only be undertaken before the day mentioned in section 13A as being the day on or before which the dealing must stop being undertaken; and
	(b)	may happen outside a facility mentioned in subsection (2), but in that case must be conducted in accordance with—
	(i)	the Guidelines for the Transport, Storage and Disposal of GMOs, as in force on 1 September 2011, that have been issued by the regulator for this purpose under the Act, section 27 (d); or
	(ii)	transportation, storage or disposal requirements that the regulator has agreed in writing are appropriate for the containment of the GMO.
	(4)	For paragraph (2) (c), the regulator must consider the capacity of a facility to contain GMOs before deciding whether to agree, in writing, to a facility.
8	Section 13A
substitute
13A	Time limits for stopping notifiable low risk dealings
For section 13 (1) (d), the day on or before which the dealing described in the record of assessment of the dealing must stop being undertaken is—
	(a)	the day 5 years after the date of assessment, if the dealing is assessed by an institutional biosafety committee on or after 1 September 2011; and
	(b)	31 August 2016, if the dealing is assessed by an institutional biosafety committee in the period 31 March 2008 to 31 August 2011 (inclusive); and
	(c)	31 March 2015, if the dealing is assessed by an institutional biosafety committee before 31 March 2008.
Note	A person will have to apply for, and obtain, a new assessment of the dealing as a notifiable low risk dealing from an institutional biosafety committee to continue to undertake the dealing after the applicable day mentioned in this regulation.
13B	Requirements for institutional biosafety committees about records of assessments of notifiable low risk dealing proposals
An institutional biosafety committee that has assessed a proposal as to whether a dealing is a notifiable low risk dealing must—
	(a)	make a record of its assessment, in a form approved by the regulator, that includes the following:
	(i)	the identifying name of the dealing to be undertaken that was given to the dealing by the person or accredited organisation proposing to undertake the dealing;
	(ii)	a description of the dealing to be undertaken;
	(iii)	its assessment whether the dealing is a notifiable low risk dealing mentioned in schedule 3, part 3.1 or part 3.2;
	(iv)	if the committee has assessed the dealing as being a notifiable low risk dealing mentioned in schedule 3, part 3.1 or part 3.2—the kind of notifiable low risk dealing that the dealing is, in terms of those parts;
	(v)	the date of the committee’s assessment of the dealing;
	(vi)	the people or classes of people considered by the committee to have the appropriate training and experience to undertake the dealing;
	(vii)	the facilities or classes of facilities the committee considers to be of the appropriate physical containment level and type for the dealing;
	(viii)	the name of the committee that assessed the proposal;
	(ix)	the name of the person or accredited organisation that submitted the proposal;
	(x)	the name of the person or accredited organisation proposing to undertake the dealing; and
	(b)	give a copy of the record of assessment to the person or accredited organisation that submitted the proposal to the committee.
13C	Information to be kept or given to the regulator by people or accredited organisations
	(1)	A person or an accredited organisation that has been given a copy of a record of assessment by an institutional biosafety committee must, if the dealing has been assessed by the committee as a notifiable low risk dealing, give the regulator a record of the proposed dealing, in the form approved by the regulator, that includes—
	(a)	the particulars, prescribed under section 39 (1) in relation to the dealing, to be included in the record of GMO and GM product dealings; and
	(b)	the name of the committee that assessed the dealing; and
	(c)	the name of the person or accredited organisation that submitted the proposal for assessment of the dealing to the committee.
	(2)	The record of the proposed dealing mentioned in subsection (1) must be given to the regulator in the financial year in which the institutional biosafety committee made the assessment—
	(a)	by an accredited organisation—in the annual report for the financial year to be given by the organisation to the regulator; or
	(b)	by any other person—in a report for the financial year to be given by the person to the regulator, in the form approved by the regulator.
	(3)	A person or accredited organisation given a copy of a record of assessment by an institutional biosafety committee must keep a copy of the committee’s record of assessment for 8 years after the date of the assessment.
	(4)	The regulator may at any time, by written notice, require from the following people or organisations more information about how a notifiable low risk dealing is being undertaken, including information about a GMO being dealt with:
	(a)	the person or accredited organisation that submitted the proposal for assessment of the dealing;
	(b)	any other person involved with undertaking the dealing.
	(5)	A person or organisation given a notice under subsection (4) must, by the end of the period mentioned in the notice, give the regulator the information required by the notice.
9	Section 39 (1) (b)
after 
part 3.1
insert
or part 3.2
10	Section 39 (1) (d)
substitute
	(d)	the date of assessment by an institutional biosafety committee that the dealing is a notifiable low risk dealing.
11	New part 9
insert
Part 9	Transitional—Gene Technology Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 1)
45	Transitional
	(1)	Subject to subsection (2) and despite anything in this regulation—
	(a)	a dealing that was an exempt dealing immediately before 1 September 2011 continues to be an exempt dealing under the Act if the dealing is undertaken by the same person; and
	(b)	a dealing that was a notifiable low risk dealing immediately before 1 September 2011 continues to be a notifiable low 	risk dealing under the Act, part 6, division 6.2 if the dealing is undertaken by the same person.
	(2)	Subsection (1) ceases to apply on the earlier of—
	(a)	the day on which the licence is issued to the person for the dealing; and
	(b)	1 September 2012.
	(3)	Subject to subsection (4) and despite anything in this regulation, a dealing that was an exempt dealing immediately before 1 September 2011 continues to be an exempt dealing under the Act if the dealing is undertaken by the same person.
	(4)	Subsection (3) ceases to apply on the earlier of—
	(a)	the day on which the institutional biosafety committee assesses the dealing; and
	(b)	1 September 2012.
	(5)	In this section:
licence means a licence under the Act, part 5.
46	Expiry—pt 9
This part expires on 1 September 2013.
Note	Transitional provisions are kept with the original provisions for a limited time to ensure people are aware of them.  However, the expiry of a transitional provision does not end its effect (see Legislation Act, s 88).
12	Schedule 1, item 7, paragraph (b) (i)
substitute
	(i)	satisfy the criteria in AS/NZS 2243.3:2010, for classification as Risk Group 1; and	
13	Schedule 2, part 2.1, new item 3A
insert
3A	a dealing with an animal whose somatic cells have been genetically modified in vivo by a replication defective viral vector, if—
(a)	the in vivo modification occurred as part of a previous dealing; and
(b)	the replication defective viral vector is no longer in the animal; and
(c)	no germ line cells have been genetically modified; and
(d)	the somatic cells cannot give rise to infectious agents as a result of the genetic modification; and
(e)	the animal is not infected with a virus that can recombine with the genetically modified nucleic acid in the somatic cells of the animal.	
14	Schedule 2, part 2.1, item 4 
substitute
4	(1)	Subject to subsection (1), a dealing involving a host/vector system mentioned in part 2.2 and producing not more than 25L of GMO culture in each vessel containing the resultant culture.
(2)	The donor nucleic acid—
(a)	must meet either of the following requirements:
(i)	the acid must not be derived from organisms implicated in, or with a history of causing, disease in otherwise healthy—
(A)	human beings; or
(B)	animals; or
(C)	plants; or
(D)	fungi;
(ii)	the acid must be characterised and the information derived from its characterisation show that it is unlikely to increase the capacity of the host or vector to cause harm; and
Example
Donor nucleic acid would not comply with par (ii) if its characterisation shows that, in relation to the capacity of the host or vector to cause harm, it—
(a)	provides an advantage; or
(b)	adds a potential host species or mode of transmission; or
(c)	increases its virulence, pathogenicity or transmissibility.
Note	An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
(b)	must not code for a toxin with an LD50 of less than 100g/kg; and
(c)	must not code for a toxin with an LD50 of 100g/kg or more, if the intention is to express the toxin at high levels; and
(d)	must not be uncharacterised nucleic acid from a toxin‑producing organism; and
(e)	must not include a viral sequence, unless the donor nucleic acid—
(i)	is missing at least 1 gene essential for viral multiplication that—
(A)	is not available in the cell into which the nucleic acid is introduced; and
(B)	will not become available during the dealing; and
(ii)	cannot restore replication competence to the vector.	
15	Schedule 2, part 2.2
substitute
Part 2.2	Host/vector systems for exempt dealings

column 1
item	column 2
class	column 3
host	column 4
vector	
1	bacteria	Escherichia coli K12, E. coli B, E. coli C or E. coli Nissle 1917—any derivative that does not contain—
(a)	generalised transducing phages; or
(b)	genes able to complement the conjugation defect in a non‑conjugative plasmid	1	non‑conjugative plasmids
2	bacteriophage—
(a)	lambda
(b)	lambdoid
(c)	Fd or F1 (eg M13)
3	none (non‑vector systems)
	
		Bacillus—specified species—asporogenic strains with a reversion frequency of less than 10–7:
(a)	B. amyloliquefaciens
(b)	B. licheniformis
(c)	B. pumilus
(d)	B. subtilis
(e)	B. thuringiensis
	1	non‑conjugative plasmids
2	plasmids and phages whose host range does not include B. cereus, B. anthracis or any other pathogenic strain of Bacillus
3	none (non‑vector systems)	
		Pseudomonas putida—strain KT 2440	1	non‑conjugative plasmids including certified plasmids: pKT 262, pKT 263, pKT 264
2	none (non‑vector systems)
	
		Streptomyces—specified species:
(a)	S. aureofaciens
(b)	S. coelicolor
(c)	S. cyaneus
(d)	S. griseus
(e)	S. lividans
(f)	S. parvulus
(g)	S. rimosus
(h)	S. venezuelae
	1	non‑conjugative plasmids
2	certified plasmids: SCP2, SLP1, SLP2, PIJ101 and derivatives
3	actinophage phi C31 and erivatives
4	none (non‑vector systems)	
		Agrobacterium radiobacter
Agrobacterium rhizogenes—disarmed strains
Agrobacterium tumefaciens—disarmed strains	1	non‑tumorigenic disarmed Ti plasmid vectors, or Ri plasmid vectors
2	none (non‑vector systems)
	
		Lactobacillus
Lactococcus lactis
Oenococcus oeni syn. Leuconostoc oeni
Pediococcus
Photobacterium angustum
Pseudoalteromonas tunicata
Rhizobium (including the genus Allorhizobium)
Sphingopyxis alaskensis syn. Sphingomonas alaskensis
Streptococcus thermophilus
Synechococcus—specified strains:
(a)	PCC 7002
(b)	PCC 7942
(c)	WH 8102
Synechocystis species—strain PCC 6803
Vibrio cholerae CVD103‑HgR
	1	non‑conjugative plasmids
2	none (non‑vector systems)	
2	fungi	Kluyveromyces lactis
Neurospora crassa—laboratory strains
Pichia pastoris
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Trichoderma reesei
Yarrowia lipolytica
	1	all vectors
2	none (non‑vector systems)	
3	slime moulds	Dictyostelium species	1	dictyostelium shuttle vectors, including those based on the endogenous plasmids Ddp1 and Ddp2
2	none (non‑vector systems)
	
4	tissue culture	any of the following if they cannot spontaneously generate a whole animal:
(a)	animal or human cell cultures (including packaging cell lines)
(b)	isolated cells, isolated tissues or isolated organs, whether animal or human
(c)	early non-human mammalian embryos cultured in vitro	1	non‑conjugative plasmids
2	non‑viral vectors, or replication defective viral vectors unable to transduce human cells
3	baculovirus (Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus), polyhedrin minus
4	none (non‑vector systems)	
		either of the following if they are not intended, and are not likely without human intervention, to vegetatively propagate, flower or regenerate into a whole plant:
(a)	plant cell cultures
(b)	isolated plant tissues or organs	1	non‑tumorigenic disarmed Ti plasmid vectors, or Ri plasmid vectors, in Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Agrobacterium radiobacter or Agrobacterium rhizogenes
2	non‑pathogenic viral vectors
3	none (non‑vector systems)
	
16	Schedule 2, part 2.3, definition of non-vector system, except note
substitute
non-vector system means a system in which donor nucleic acid is or was introduced into a host cell—
	(a)	in the absence of a nucleic acid-based vector; or
	(b)	using a nucleic acid-based vector in the course of a previous dealing and the vector is—
		(i)	no longer present; or
		(ii)	present but cannot be remobilised from a host cell.
Examples
1	A system mentioned in par (a) might involve the use of electroporation or particle bombardment.
2	A system mentioned in par (b) might involve cells that were transduced with a replication defective retroviral vector in which no vector particles remain.
17	Schedule 3
substitute
Schedule 3	Notifiable low risk dealings in relation to a GMO
(see s 12 and s 13)
Part 3.1	Notifiable low risk dealings suitable for at least physical containment level 1
Note	Because of s 12 (1), a dealing mentioned in this part is not a notifiable low risk dealing if it is also a dealing of a kind mentioned in pt 3.3.
3.1	Kinds of dealings suitable for at least physical containment level 1
The following kinds of notifiable low risk dealings must be undertaken, unless section 13 (2) (c) or 13 (3) (b) applies, in facilities certified to at least physical containment level 1 and that are appropriate for the dealings:
	(a)	a dealing involving a genetically modified laboratory guinea pig, a genetically modified laboratory mouse, a genetically modified laboratory rabbit or a genetically modified laboratory rat, unless—
	(i)	an advantage is conferred on the animal by the genetic modification; or
	(ii)	the animal is capable of secreting or producing an infectious agent as a result of the genetic modification;
	(c)	a dealing involving a replication defective vector derived from Human adenovirus or Adeno associated virus in a host mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2, item 4, if the donor nucleic acid—
	(i)	cannot restore replication competence to the vector; and
	(ii)	does not—
	(A)	confer an oncogenic modification in humans; or
	(B)	encode a protein with immunomodulatory activity in humans.
Part 3.2	Notifiable low risk dealings suitable for at least physical containment level 2 or 3
Note	Because of s 12 (1), a dealing mentioned in this part is not a notifiable low risk dealing if it is also a dealing of a kind mentioned in part 3.3.
3.2	Kinds of dealings suitable for at least physical containment level 2
The following kinds of notifiable low risk dealings must be undertaken, unless section 13 (2) (c) or 13 (3) (b) applies, in facilities certified to at least physical containment level 2 and that are appropriate for the dealings:
	(a)	a dealing involving whole animals (including non‑vertebrates) that—
	(i)	involves genetic modification of the genome of the oocyte or zygote or early embryo by any means to produce a novel whole organism; and
	(ii)	does not involve any of the following:
	(A)	a genetically modified laboratory guinea pig;
	(B)	a genetically modified laboratory mouse;
	(C)	a genetically modified laboratory rabbit;
	(D)	a genetically modified laboratory rat;
	(E)	a genetically modified Caenorhabditis elegans;
	(aa)	a dealing involving a genetically modified laboratory guinea pig, a genetically modified laboratory mouse, a genetically modified laboratory rabbit, a genetically modified laboratory rat or a genetically modified Caenorhabditis elegans, if—
	(i)	the genetic modification confers an advantage on the animal; and
	(ii)	the animal is not capable of secreting or producing an infectious agent as a result of the genetic modification;
	(b)	a dealing involving a genetically modified plant;
	(c)	a dealing involving a host/vector system not mentioned in section 3.1 (c) or schedule 2, part 2.2 if neither host nor vector has been implicated in, or has a history of causing, disease in otherwise healthy—
	(i)	human beings; or
	(ii)	animals; or
	(iii)	plants; or
	(iv)	fungi;
	(d)	a dealing involving a host and vector not mentioned as a host/vector system in schedule 2, part 2.2 if—
	(i)	the host or vector has been implicated in, or has a history of causing, disease in otherwise healthy—
	(A)	human beings; or
	(B)	animals; or
	(C)	plants; or
	(D)	fungi; and
	(ii)	the donor nucleic acid is characterised; and
	(iii)	the characterisation of the donor nucleic acid shows that it is unlikely to increase the capacity of the host or vector to cause harm;
Example
Donor nucleic acid would not comply with par (iii) if, in relation to the capacity of the host or vector to cause harm, it—
(a)	provides an advantage; or
(b)	adds a potential host species or mode of transmission; or
(c)	increases its virulence, pathogenicity or transmissibility.
Note	An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
	(e)	a dealing involving a host/vector system mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2, if the donor nucleic acid—
	(i)	encodes a pathogenic determinant; or
	(ii)	is uncharacterised nucleic acid from an organism that has been implicated in, or has a history of causing, disease in otherwise healthy—
	(A)	human beings; or
	(B)	animals; or
	(C)	plants; or
	(D)	fungi;
	(f)	a dealing involving a host/vector system mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2 and producing more than 25L of GMO culture in each vessel containing the resultant culture, if—
	(i)	the dealing is undertaken in a facility that is certified by the regulator as a large scale facility; and
	(ii)	the donor nucleic acid satisfies the conditions set out in  schedule 2, part 2.1, item 4 (2);
	(g)	a dealing involving complementation of knocked‑out genes, if the complementation is unlikely to increase the capacity of the GMO to cause harm compared to the capacity of the parent organism before the genes were knocked out;
Example
A dealing would not comply with par (g) if it involved complementation that, in relation to the parent organism—
(a)	provides an advantage; or
(b)	adds a potential host species or mode of transmission; or
(c)	increases its virulence, pathogenicity or transmissibility.
Note	An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
	(h)	a dealing involving shot‑gun cloning, or the preparation of a cDNA library, in a host/vector system mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2, item 1, if the donor nucleic acid is derived from either—
	(i)	a pathogen; or
	(ii)	a toxin‑producing organism;
	(i)	a dealing involving the introduction of a replication defective viral vector unable to transduce human cells into a host not mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2 if the donor nucleic acid cannot restore replication competence to the vector;
	(j)	a dealing involving the introduction of a replication defective non-retroviral vector able to transduce human cells, other than a dealing mentioned in section 3.1 (c), into a host mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2 if the donor nucleic acid cannot restore replication competence to the vector;
	(k)	a dealing involving the introduction of a replication defective non-retroviral vector able to transduce human cells into a host not mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2 if—
	(i)	the donor nucleic acid cannot restore replication competence to the vector; and
	(ii)	the donor nucleic acid does not—
	(A)	confer an oncogenic modification in humans; or
	(B)	encode a protein with immunomodulatory activity in humans;
	(l)	a dealing involving the introduction of a replication defective retroviral vector able to transduce human cells into a host mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2 if—
	(i)	all viral genes have been removed from the retroviral vector so that it cannot replicate or assemble into a virion without these functions being supplied in trans; and
	(ii)	viral genes needed for virion production in the packaging cell line are expressed from independent, unlinked loci with minimal sequence overlap with the vector to limit or prevent recombination; and
	(iii)	either—
	(A)	the retroviral vector includes a deletion in the Long Terminal Repeat sequence of DNA that prevents transcription of genomic RNA following integration into the host cell DNA; or
	(B)	the packaging cell line and packaging plasmids express only viral genes gagpol, rev and an envelope protein gene, or a subset of these;
	(m)	a dealing involving the introduction of a replication defective retroviral vector able to transduce human cells into a host not mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2, if—
	(i)	the donor nucleic acid does not—
	(A)	confer an oncogenic modification in humans; or
	(B)	encode a protein with immunomodulatory activity in humans; and
	(ii)	all viral genes have been removed from the retroviral vector so that it cannot replicate or assemble into a virion without these functions being supplied in trans; and
	(iii)	viral genes needed for virion production in the packaging cell line are expressed from independent, unlinked loci with minimal sequence overlap with the vector to limit or prevent recombination; and
	(iv)	either—
	(A)	the retroviral vector includes a deletion in the Long Terminal Repeat sequence of DNA that prevents transcription of genomic RNA following integration into the host cell DNA; or
	(B)	the packaging cell line and packaging plasmids express only viral genes gagpol, rev and an envelope protein gene, or a subset of these.
3.2A	Kinds of dealings suitable for at least physical containment level 3
Any kind of dealing mentioned in this part involving a micro‑organism that satisfies the criteria in AS/NZS 2243.3:2010 for classification as Risk Group 3 must be undertaken, unless section 13 (2) (c) or 13 (3) (b) applies, in facilities that are—
	(a)	certified to at least physical containment level 3; and
	(b)	appropriate for the dealing.
Part 3.3	Dealings that are not notifiable low risk dealings
Note 1	The following list qualifies the list in pt 3.1 and pt 3.2 and is not an exhaustive list of dealings that are not notifiable low risk dealings.
Note 2	A dealing that is not a notifiable low risk dealing, or an exempt dealing, can only be undertaken by a person who is licensed, under the Act, for the dealing (see the Act, s 32).
3.3	Kinds of dealings
A dealing of any of the following kinds, or involving a dealing of the following kinds, is not a notifiable low risk dealing:
	(a)	a dealing (other than a dealing mentioned in section 3.2 (h)) involving cloning of nucleic acid encoding a toxin having an LD50 of less than 100g/kg;
	(b)	a dealing involving high level expression of toxin genes, even if the LD50 is 100g/kg or more;
	(c)	a dealing (other than a dealing mentioned in section 3.2 (h)) involving cloning of uncharacterised nucleic acid from a toxin‑producing organism;
	(d)	a dealing involving the introduction of a replication defective viral vector into a host not mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2 other than a dealing mentioned in section 3.2 (i), if the donor nucleic acid—
	(i)	confers an oncogenic modification in humans; or
	(ii)	encodes a protein with immunomodulatory activity in humans;
	(e)	a dealing involving a replication competent virus or viral vector, other than a vector mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2 if the donor nucleic acid—
	(i)	confers an oncogenic modification in humans; or
	(ii)	encodes a protein with immunomodulatory activity in humans;
	(f)	a dealing involving, as host or vector, a micro‑organism, if—
	(i)	the micro-organism has been implicated in, or has a history of causing, disease in otherwise healthy—
	(A)	human beings; or
	(B)	animals; or
	(C)	plants; or
	(D)	fungi; and
	(ii)	none of the following apply:
	(A)	the host/vector system is a system mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2;
	(B)	the donor nucleic acid is characterised and its characterisation shows that it is unlikely to increase the capacity of the host or vector to cause harm;
	(C)	the dealing is a dealing mentioned in section 3.2 (g);
Example
Donor nucleic acid would not comply with par (B) if, in relation to the capacity of the host or vector to cause harm, it—
(a)	provides an advantage; or
(b)	adds a potential host species or mode of transmission; or
(c)	increases its virulence, pathogenicity or transmissibility.
Note	An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
	(g)	a dealing involving the introduction, into a micro‑organism, of nucleic acid encoding a pathogenic determinant, unless—
	(i)	the dealing is a dealing mentioned in section 3.2 (g); or
	(ii)	the micro‑organism is a host mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2;
	(h)	a dealing involving the introduction into a micro‑organism, other than a host mentioned in schedule 2, part 2.2 of genes whose expressed products are likely to increase the capacity of the micro-organisms to induce an autoimmune response;
	(i)	a dealing involving use of a viral or viroid genome, or fragments of a viral or viroid genome, to produce a novel replication competent virus with an increased capacity to cause harm compared to the capacity of the parent or donor organism;
Example
A dealing would comply with par (i) if it produces a novel replication competent virus that has a higher capacity to cause harm to any potential host species than the parent organism because the new virus has—
(a)	an advantage; or
(b)	a new potential host species or mode of transmissibility; or
(c)	increased virulence, pathogenicity or transmissibility.
	(j)	a dealing, other than a dealing mentioned in section 3.2 (l) or (m), with a replication defective retroviral vector (including a lentiviral vector) able to transduce human cells;
	(k)	a dealing involving a genetically modified animal, plant or fungus that is capable of secreting or producing infectious agents as a result of the genetic modification;
	(l)	a dealing producing, in each vessel containing the resultant GMO culture, more than 25L of that culture, other than a dealing mentioned in section 3.2 (f);
	(m)	a dealing that is inconsistent with a policy principle issued by the ministerial council;
	(n)	a dealing involving the intentional introduction of a GMO into a human being, unless the GMO—
	(i)	is a human somatic cell; and
	(ii)	cannot secrete or produce infectious agents as a result of the genetic modification; and
	(iii)	if it was generated using viral vectors—
	(A)	has been tested for the presence of viruses likely to recombine with the genetically modified nucleic acid in the somatic cells; and
	(B)	the testing did not detect a virus mentioned in sub-subparagraph (A); and
	(C)	the viral vector used to generate the GMO as part of a previous dealing is no longer present in the somatic cells;
	(o)	a dealing involving a genetically modified pathogenic organism, if the practical treatment of any disease or abnormality caused by the organism would be impaired by the genetic modification;
	(p)	a dealing involving a micro-organism that satisfies the criteria in AS/NZS 2243.3:2010 for classification as Risk Group 4.
18	Dictionary, note 2
insert
·	public holiday
19	Dictionary, new definition of AS/NZS 2243.3:2010
insert
AS/NZS 2243.3:2010 means the Australian/New Zealand Standard Safety in laboratories Part 3: Microbiological safety and containment, jointly published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, as in force on 1 September 2011.
Note	AS/NZS 2243.3:2010 may be purchased at www.standards.org.au.
20	Dictionary, new definitions
insert
genetically modified laboratory guinea pig means a laboratory strain of guinea pig of the species Cavia porcellus that has been modified by gene technology.
genetically modified laboratory rabbit means a laboratory strain of rabbit of the species Oryctolagus cuniculus that has been modified by gene technology.
inspector means a person appointed by the regulator under the Act, section 150 as an inspector.
21	Dictionary, definition of oncogenic modification
substitute
oncogenic modification means a genetic modification capable of contributing to tumour formation, including modifications that cause at least 1 of the following:
	(a)	defects in DNA proofreading and repair;
	(b)	defects in chromosome maintenance;
	(c)	defects in cell cycle checkpoint mechanisms;
	(d)	uncontrolled cell proliferation;
	(e)	resistance to apoptosis;
	(f)	cellular immortalisation.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 31 August 2011.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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