HC Deb 02 May 1990 vol 171 cc1163-4

Amendments made: No. 270, in page 97, line 19, leave out from 'water' to end of line 20 and insert `or any of those media'.

No. 271, in page 97, line 22, after 'have', insert '(or of a single such organism which has)'.

No. 272, in page 97, line 23, leave out 'human' and insert 'a person's'.

No. 273, in page 97, line 24, leave out from first 'are' to 'capable' in line 27 and insert '(or is)'.

No. 274, in page 97, line 30, leave out subsection (4) and insert— '(3A) An organism shall be regarded as present in the environment notwithstanding that it is present in or on any human or other organism, or any article or other substance, which is itself present in the environment. (3B) Genetically modified organisms present in the environment are capable of causing harm if—

  1. (a) they are individually capable, or are present in numbers such that together they are capable, of causing harm; or
  2. (b) they are able to produce descendants which will be capable, or which will be present in numbers such that together they will be capable, of causing harm;
and a single organism is capable of causing harm either if it is itself capable of causing harm or if it is able to produce descendants which will be so capable. (4) "Harm" means harm to the health of living organisms or other interference with the ecological systems of which they form part and, in the case of man, means offence caused to any of his senses or harm to his property. (4A) "Harmful" and "harmless" mean respectively, in relation to genetically modified organisms, their being capable or their being incapable of causing harm. (4B) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide, in relation to genetically modified organisms of any description specified in the regulations, that—
  1. (a) the capacity of those organisms for causing harm of any description so specified, or
  2. (b) harm of any description so specified,
shall be disregarded for such purposes of this Part as may be so specified.'.

No. 275, in page 97, line 35, leave out from 'under' to 'keeps' in line 36 and insert 'the "control" of a person where he'.

No. 276, in page 97, line 37, leave out from 'for' to end of line 40 and insert 'either or both of the following purposes, namely—

  1. (a) for ensuring that the organisms do not enter the environment or produce descendants which are not so contained; or
  2. (b) for ensuring that the organisms which do not enter the environment, or any descendants of the organisms which are not so contained, are harmless.'.

No. 267, in page 97, line 45, at end insert— '( ) Genetically modified organisms of any description are "marketed" when products consisting of or including such organisms are placed on the market.'.—[Mr. Trippier]

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