190Transitional provision—dealings covered by Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee advice to proceed

#### 190 Transitional provision—dealings covered by Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee advice to proceed (1) The prohibitions in this Act apply to a dealing with a GMO by a person at a particular time during the transition period (the dealing time) with the modifications set out in subsection (2), if: (a) immediately before the commencement of Part 4 of this Act, an advice to proceed was in force in relation to the dealing with the GMO by the person; and (b) the advice to proceed is in force at the dealing time; and (c) the dealing is in accordance with the advice to proceed. (2) Unless the dealing is a notifiable low risk dealing, an exempt dealing or a dealing on the GMO Register: (a) the advice to proceed is taken for the purposes of this Act to be a GMO licence; and (b) the holder of the advice to proceed is taken to be the licence holder; and (c) the licence is taken to be subject to any conditions to which the advice to proceed is subject; and (d) the licence is taken to remain in force for the period ending at the earliest of the following times: (i) the time when the advice to proceed expires; (ii) the end of the transition period; (iii) when the licence is cancelled under section 68 or surrendered under section 69. (3) In this section: > advice to proceed means an advice to proceed issued by the Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee, in accordance with Guidelines issued by that Committee. > transition period means the period of 2 years beginning at the commencement of Part 4 of this Act.