Part I E+W General

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Environmental Protection Act 1990;

• “the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment” (“y Pwyllgor Ymgynghorol ar Ollyngiadau i’r Amgylchedd”) means the Committee appointed by the National Assembly for Wales under section 124 of the Act;

• “antibiotic resistance markers” (“marcwyr ymwrthedd gwrthfiotig”) means genes employed in the modification of an organism to make that organism express resistance to a particular antibiotic or antibiotics;

• “application for consent to release” (“cais am ganiatâd i ollwng”) shall include any notification made under the First Simplified Procedure (crop plants) Decision;

• “approved product” (“cynnyrch wedi’i gymeradwyo”) means a product permitted to be marketed by a consent granted by the National Assembly for Wales under section 111(1) of the Act or in accordance with Article 15(3), 17(6) or 18(2) of the Deliberate Release Directive or Article 13(2) or (4) of the 1990 Directive;

• “the Commission” (“y Comisiwn”) means the European Commission;

• “the Contained Use Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Defnydd Amgaeëdig”) means Council Directive 90/219/EEC M1 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms as last amended by [F1 Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms];

• [F2 “the Deliberate Release Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Gollyngiadau Bwriadol”) means Council Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms [F3 as last amended by Directive (EU)] [F4 2018/350 amending Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms];]

• “the 1990 Directive” (“Cyfarwyddeb 1990”) means Council Directive 90/220/EEC M2 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms as amended by Commission Directive 1994/15/EC M3 and Commission Directive 1997/35/EC M4 ;

• “electronic communication” (“cyfathrebiad electronig”) means the same as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000 M5 ;

• “environmental risk assessment” (“asesiad risg amgylcheddol”) means the environmental risk assessment required to be contained in an application for consent to release or market genetically modified organisms by regulation 12(1)(c) and regulation 17(2)(c) respectively;

• “the First Simplified Procedure (crop plants) Decision” means Commission Decision 94/730/EC M6 ;

• [F5 “the Food and Feed Regulation” (“y Rheoliad Bwyd a Bwyd Anifeiliaid”) means Council Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed;

• “genetically modified feed” (“bwyd anifeiliaid a addaswyd yn enentig”) means —

  (a)

  feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified organisms; or

  (b)

  genetically modified organisms for feed use;

• “genetically modified food” (“bwyd a addaswyd yn enetig”) means —

  (a)

  food containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms;

  (b)

  food produced from, or containing ingredients produced from, genetically modified organisms; or

  (c)

  genetically modified organisms for food use;]

• “genetically modified organisms” (“organeddau a addaswyd yn enetig”) means a genetically modified organism or a combination of genetically modified organisms;

• “higher plant” (“uwchblanhigyn”) means a plant belonging to the taxonomic groupSpermatophytae (Gymnospermae orAngiospermae);

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means the council of a county or county borough;

• “monitoring plan” (“cynllun monitro”) means the plan required by regulation 17(2)(g);

• “the register” (“y gofrestr”) means the public register kept by the National Assembly for Wales under section 122 of the Act;

• “the 1992 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1992”) means the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 M7 .

(2) In these Regulations—

(a) any reference to a numbered regulation or to a numbered Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered; and

(b) a reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or Schedule in which that reference occurs.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (17.12.2018) by The Environment, Planning and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1216), regs. 1(3), 4(2)

F2 Words in reg. 2 substituted (15.7.2005) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1913), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (28.3.2019) by The Rural Affairs, Environment, Fisheries and Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/463), regs. 1(3), 17

F4 Words in reg. 2 substituted (30.10.2019) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1316), regs. 1(2), 3

F5 Words in reg. 2 inserted (15.7.2005) by The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1913), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No. L117, 8.5.1990, p.1.

M2 OJ No. L117, 8.5.90, p.15.

M3 OJ No. L103, 22.4.94, p.20.

M4 OJ No. L169, 27.6.97, p.72.

M5 2000 c.7.

M6 OJ No. L292, 12.11.1994, p.31.

M7 S.I. 1992/3280. The functions of the Secretary of State under these regulations were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under Article 3 and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/253).