193Regulation-making power

193 Regulation-making power (1) The Executive may make regulations for this Act. (2) A regulation may require a person to comply with codes of practice or guidelines issued under this Act as in force at a particular time or from time to time. (3) A regulation may apply, adopt or incorporate a law or instrument, or a provision of a law or instrument, as in force from time to time. Note 1 The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated law or instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)). Note 2 This section differs from the Commonwealth Act, s 193.

(see s 10 (1)) Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act. Note 2 In particular, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms: • administrative unit • exercise • function • public servant • State. Note 3 The definitions in this dictionary have equivalent definitions in the Commonwealth Act, s 10 (1). accredited organisation means an organisation accredited under division 7.3. aggravated offence—see section 38 (1). Commonwealth Act means the Gene Technology Act 2000 (Cwlth). Commonwealth administrative review tribunal means the Administrative Review Tribunal established under the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (Cwlth), section 8. Commonwealth authority means— (a) a corporation established for a public purpose under a Commonwealth Act; or (b) a company in which a controlling interest is held by any 1 of the following, or by 2 or more of the following together: (i) the Commonwealth; (ii) a corporation mentioned in paragraph (a); (iii) an entity mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii). Commonwealth Environment Minister means the Commonwealth Minister responsible for environment and conservation.

confidential commercial information means information declared under section 185 to be confidential commercial information. containment level, for a facility, means the degree of physical confinement of GMOs provided by the facility, having regard to the design of the facility, the equipment located or installed in the facility and the procedures generally used within the facility. deal with a GMO means any of the following: (a) conduct experiments with the GMO; (b) make, develop, produce or manufacture the GMO; (c) breed the GMO; (d) propagate the GMO; (e) use the GMO in the course of manufacturing a thing that is not the GMO; (f) grow, raise or culture the GMO; (g) import the GMO; (h) transport the GMO; (i) dispose of the GMO; and includes the possession, supply or use of the GMO for the purposes of, or in the course of, a dealing mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (i). eligible person, for a reviewable decision—see section 179. environment includes— (a) ecosystems and their constituent parts; and (b) natural and physical resources; and (c) the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas.