Gene Technology (Queensland) Act 2016
sec.3Purpose of Act
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sec.3 Purpose of Act
The purpose of this Act is to— protect the health and safety of people, and to protect the environment, by identifying risks posed by, or as a result of, gene technology; and manage those risks through regulating certain dealings with genetically modified organisms. The purpose is achieved by— applying the Commonwealth gene technology laws, as modified under this Act, as laws of Queensland; and making provision to help ensure the Commonwealth gene technology laws and applied provisions are administered on a uniform basis by the Commonwealth as if they constituted a single law of the Commonwealth. (sec.3-ssec.1) The purpose of this Act is to— protect the health and safety of people, and to protect the environment, by identifying risks posed by, or as a result of, gene technology; and manage those risks through regulating certain dealings with genetically modified organisms. (sec.3-ssec.2) The purpose is achieved by— applying the Commonwealth gene technology laws, as modified under this Act, as laws of Queensland; and making provision to help ensure the Commonwealth gene technology laws and applied provisions are administered on a uniform basis by the Commonwealth as if they constituted a single law of the Commonwealth.
- (a) protect the health and safety of people, and to protect the environment, by identifying risks posed by, or as a result of, gene technology; and
- (b) manage those risks through regulating certain dealings with genetically modified organisms.
- (a) applying the Commonwealth gene technology laws, as modified under this Act, as laws of Queensland; and
- (b) making provision to help ensure the Commonwealth gene technology laws and applied provisions are administered on a uniform basis by the Commonwealth as if they constituted a single law of the Commonwealth.