Procedure

(1) An applicant must advertise an application for a placing on the market permit as contemplated in section 22(4) of the Act and the advertisement must be under a clearly marked heading stating “Advertisement of Application for Permit to Place on the Market Genetically Modified Food or Feed”.

(2) The advertisement must contain the following particulars 

(a) information on the identity of the applicant as follows 

(i) in the case of a natural person, the full name, identity document number and nationality of the person

(ii) in the case of a body corporate, the country of registration and the registration number of the body corporate

(iii) in the case of a body or authority created by law, the name of such body or authority and the name of the law which created such body or authority.

(iv) the postal and business address, telephone and facsimile numbers and email address of the applicant and, in the event of the applicant having a website, the web address

(b) the description of the genetically modified food or feed proposed to be placed on the market.

(c) the type of placing on the market activity or activities to which the application relates as contemplated in regulation.

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(d) confirmation that an application was submitted to the Registrar and the date on which the application was submitted.

(e) a list of all information submitted together with the application to the Registrar and the physical address and business hours of the Registrar where such application and such information (in so far as the information is not commercially confidential) can be inspected by any interested person.

(f) an invitation for written submissions in relation to the application to be lodged with the Registrar as well as the closing date of such submissions which closing date must be at least 30 consecutive days after the date of the last publication of the advertisement in the newspapers and

(g) such other information as the Council may determine to be included in the advertisement.