Section 8: Issue or refusal of GMO permit
consolidated text (as at 2013). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
8. Issue or refusal of GMO permit
(1) The Permanent Secretary, after taking into consideration the recommendation of the Committee, may—
(a) subject to subsection (3), grant the application and issue a GMO
permit on payment of the prescribed fees and on such terms and
conditions as he may think appropriate;
(b) reject the application, giving his reasons for so doing, with a direction to communicate the decision, together with the reasons,
to the applicant.
(2) The reasons for which a decision under subsection (1) (b) is made
shall be communicated by registered post to the applicant, within 7 days of
the decision.
(3) No GMO permit shall be issued under subsection (1) (a) except after
the relevant particulars of the intended GMO permit holder shall have been
specified in regulations made to that effect.
(4) Any regulations made under subsection (3) may be subject to a motion for disallowance under section 20 of the Interpretation and General
Clauses Act.
(S. 8 not in operation.)