This Act, consisting in 51 sections divided into eight Chapters, applies the Gene Technology Act 2000 (Cwlth) and Gene Technology (Licence Charges) Act 2000 (Cwlth) as laws of Queensland. The purpose of this Act is to: 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. The purpose is achieved by: 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. This Act binds all persons, including the State, and, to the extent the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and the other States. However, the State, the Commonwealth or another State can not be prosecuted for an offence against this Act. The Commonwealth gene technology laws, as modified under this Act: a) apply as laws of Queensland; and b) apply as if the laws extend to matters in relation to which this State may make laws: (i) whether or not the Commonwealth may make laws in relation to those matters; and (ii) even though the Commonwealth gene technology laws provide that they apply only to specified matters with respect to which the Commonwealth may make laws. Modification of Commonwealth gene technology laws: A regulation may modify the Commonwealth gene technology laws for the purposes of this Act. Without limiting subsection (1), a regulation may provide that the Commonwealth gene technology laws apply under section 6 as if an amendment to the Commonwealth gene technology laws, made by a law of the Commonwealth and stated in the regulation, had not taken effect.
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