Part 5 General

41 Consequential amendments of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
(1) The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended as follows.
(2) After section 106 insert—

“106A Exclusion of precision bred organisms from English application of Part
(1) In this Part as it applies in relation to England, references to genetically modified organisms (except in this section and section 127)—
(a) do not include references to precision bred organisms;
(b) so far as they relate to marketing, also do not include references to gametes of precision bred organisms.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), this Part applies in relation to England so far as it applies in relation to—
(a) importing genetically modified organisms where their destination is in England;
(b) acquiring genetically modified organisms which are in England;
(c) keeping or releasing genetically modified organisms in England;
(d) marketing a genetically modified organism so far as the organism (or, where the organism is marketed by virtue of a product consisting of or including the organism being made available to other persons, that product) is made available for delivery in England.
(3) In this section “precision bred organism” and “gamete” have the same meanings as in the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023.”

(3) In section 124 (advisory committee for purposes of Part 6), in subsection (1), at the end insert—

“For other functions of the committee, see Part 2 of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023.”

S. 41 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 48(4)