Existing facilities — certification
41 Existing facilities — certification
If, at the commencement of Part 7 of the Act, there is in force for an existing facility a notice from the Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee that the facility provides a specified physical containment level, the facility is taken to be certified to that physical containment level under section 84 of the Act.
Subregulation (1) applies —
subject to sections 86(b) and (c), 87 and 88 of the Act; and
for a facility in relation to which the notice specifies that it is a physical containment level 2 facility (other than a PC2 Large Scale facility) — until the end of 2 years after the commencement of Part 7 of the Act, provided the facility maintains compliance with the Regulator’s guidelines about the requirements for certification at that level; and
for a facility in relation to which the notice specifies that it is a physical containment level 3 or level 4 facility, a PC2 Large Scale facility or a facility providing appropriate physical containment for a specified purpose — until the end of 1 year after the commencement of Part 7 of the Act, provided the facility maintains compliance with the Regulator’s guidelines about the requirements for certification at its specified containment level.
For the purposes of subregulation (2) —
PC2 Large Scale facility means a physical containment level 2 facility so described by the notice given in relation to the facility by the Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee.
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