Commentary on Sections Part 3: Miscellaneous and General Section 60: Exclusion of embryos from definition of organism in Part 6 of the EPA 1990
258.Section 60 amends section 106 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Section 106 of the Environmental Protection Act defines “genetically modified organisms” but excludes human embryos as defined by the 1990 Act. Section 60 amends this Act to also exclude human admixed embryos and human embryos as defined by the 1990 Act as amended by the Act (see sections 4(2) and 1(2) respectively).