Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023

Clause 26, page 16, line 29, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Clause 26, page 16, line 31, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Clause 27, page 18, line 16, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Clause 27, page 18, line 20, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Clause 27, page 18, line 26, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Clause 43, page 28, line 6, at end insert— “(7) Regulations under this Act must be made in accordance with—

Clause 43, page 28, line 6, at end insert— “(7) No regulations may be made under this Act unless—

Clause 48, page 30, line 18, at end insert— “(3A) Regulations under subsection (3)(b) may not appoint a day on which any of sections 11 to 15 is to come into force unless the welfare advisory body has advised the Secretary of State that it is satisfied that regulations made under Part 2 establish a proper process to ensure that the health and welfare of animals, and their qualifying progeny, in respect of which a precision bred animal marketing authorisation is made will not be adversely affected by any precision bred trait.”

To move the following Clause— “Labelling

To move the following Clause— “Release and marketing of precision bred animals

To move the following Clause— “Genetic Technology Authority

To move the following Clause— “Accounts and audit

To move the following Clause— “Reports to Secretary of State

To move the following Clause— “General functions of the Authority

To move the following Clause— “Duties in relation to carrying out its functions

To move the following Clause— “Power to delegate and establish committees

Clause 48, page 30, line 20, at end insert— “(5A) Regulations may not be made under or by virtue of this section unless a common framework agreement relating to the release and marketing of, and risk assessments relating to, precision bred plants and animals, and the marketing of food and feed produced from such plants and animals, has been agreed between a Minister of the Crown, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government.

To move the following Clause— “Power of the Scottish Parliament to legislate on the marketing of precision bred organisms

To move the following Clause— “Labelling of food or feed produced by precision bred animals

To move the following Clause— “Intellectual property

Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out “or a precision bred animal”

To move the following Clause— “The Genetic Technology Authority

Clause 3, page 3, line 35, at end insert— “(c) the organism has been developed for or in connection with one or more of the following purposes—

To move the following Clause— “Duties in relation to carrying out its functions

To move the following Clause— “Reports to Secretary of State

To move the following Clause— “Accounts and audit

To move the following Clause— “General functions of the Authority

Clause 13, page 9, line 20, at end insert— “(za) that the precision bred traits will not have a direct or indirect adverse effect on the health or welfare of the relevant animal or its qualifying progeny,

To move the following Clause— “Power to delegate and establish committees

Clause 26, page 16, line 36, after “traceability”, insert “through supply chain auditing”

To move the following Clause— “Labelling of food or feed produced by precision bred organisms

Clause 26, page 17, line 1, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Clause 26, page 16, line 31, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Clause 26, page 16, line 29, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Clause 26, page 17, line 4, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end insert— “(2A) But for the purposes of this Act an organism is not “precision bred” if any feature of its genome results from any technique or process which involves the insertion of exogenous genetic material, whether or not such material is subsequently removed.”

Clause 13, page 9, line 20, at end insert— “(za) that the scientific evidence does not indicate that the precision bred traits are likely to have a direct or indirect adverse effect on the health or welfare of the relevant animal or its qualifying progeny, and if so”

To move the following Clause— “Labelling of food or feed produced by precision bred animals

To move the following Clause— “Power of the Scottish Parliament to legislate on the marketing of precision bred organisms

Clause 25, page 16, line 24, at end insert— “(1A) In making regulations under this section the Secretary of State must consider and evaluate (among other things) the possible direct or indirect adverse impact of precision breeding traits on the—

Clause 4, page 4, line 24, leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”

Clause 9, page 7, line 1, leave out paragraph (a)

Clause 5, page 5, leave out lines 9 to 11

Clause 11, page 8, line 25, leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”

<i>The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 11 stand part of the Bill.</i>

Clause 5, page 5, line 12, leave out subsection (5)

Clause 5, page 4, line 33, leave out paragraph (b)

<i>The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 10 stand part of the Bill.</i>

Clause 12, page 8, line 38, after second “risks” insert “, including the potential quality of life on a farm or in a home for future generations of a relevant animal”

Clause 12, page 8, line 28, at end insert— “(1A) The welfare advisory body must carry out an assessment of the likely impact of the precision bred traits on the health and welfare of the relevant animal and its qualifying progeny.

Clause 6, page 5, line 20, leave out subsection (2)

Clause 12, page 8, line 40, at end insert— “(2A) Where the purpose of the application of a precision bred trait includes—

Clause 4, page 4, line 16, leave out subsection (3)

Clause 7, page 6, line 8, at end insert— “(4A) Information requested by the advisory committee may include, in cases where the precision bred organism is likely to be used for the purposes of agriculture, an assessment of the likely changes to agricultural processes arising from the use of that organism.”

Clause 4, page 4, line 10, at end insert— “(ia) in relation to precision bred animals, a written undertaking to use best endeavours to keep a continuing record of clinical outcomes, and adverse effects and outcomes, of the precision bred animals and their qualifying progeny, and to supply such records and other required information to the Secretary of State, and”

Clause 12, page 8, line 40, at end insert— “(d) whether scientific research or practical experience with other animals that have similar traits indicates that risks, other than those identified by the notifier, could reasonably be expected to result from the precision bred traits to the health or welfare of the animal or its qualifying progeny.”

Clause 3, page 3, line 35, at end insert— <span class="wrapped">“and unless the organism appears to be phenotypically healthy and has no defect likely to cause suffering.”</span>

Clause 3, page 3, line 35, at end insert— “(1A) A precision bred animal may not be released in England unless the application of modern biotechnology that resulted in changes to its genome (see section 1(2)) was conducted in a registered dedicated laboratory with an appropriately controlled environment and supervised by an experienced reproductive scientist qualified to undertake such work so that there was no risk of infection with micro-organisms or the possibility of stray DNA, particularly human DNA, contaminating the process specified.”

Clause 3, page 3, line 35, at end insert— “(1A) A precision bred animal that is a vertebrate may not be released in England unless—

Clause 3, page 3, line 35, at end insert— <span class="wrapped">“and unless the organism’s genome has been sequenced, the features of its genome that have resulted from the application of modern biotechnology (see section 1(2)(a)) have been recorded, there have been no changes in the genome other than those predicted, and this has been reported to the Secretary of State.”</span>

Clause 1, page 1, line 11, after “could” insert “in principle”

Clause 1, page 1, line 11, leave out from “genome” to end of line 14 and insert “that results from the application of modern biotechnology could have resulted from traditional processes, whether or not in conjunction with selection techniques, alone,”

Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end insert “and (d) its genome does not contain any feature that results from the application of any artificial modification technique other than modern biotechnology.”

Clause 1, page 2, line 5, leave out “functional protein” and insert “change in the phenotype”

Clause 12, page 8, line 30, at end insert— “(za) whether the welfare advisory body is satisfied that the notifier has a record of acting in a manner which is consistent with the requirements applicable to the notifier which are laid out in —

Clause 6, page 5, line 31, leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”

Clause 1, page 2, line 26, leave out “an organism is” and insert “genes or other genetic material are”

Clause 1, page 2, line 25, at end insert— “(7A) An “artificial modification technique” means any technique by which genes or other genetic material can be artificially modified within the meaning of Part 6 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (as it has effect from time to time).”

Clause 12, page 8, line 39, after “paragraphs” insert “(za),”

Clause 4, page 4, line 24, at end insert— “(7) Regulations under subsection (3) are subject to the affirmative procedure.”

Clause 4, page 4, line 24, leave out “this section” and insert “subsection (1)(b)”

Clause 1, page 2, line 35, at end insert— “(10) An organism to which subsection (11) applies does not fail to be precision bred merely because it does not meet the condition in subsection (2)(d).

Clause 3, page 3, line 24, after “unless” insert “, in relation to a precision bred animal, the date condition in section (<i>Entry into force of provisions relating to animals</i>) has been met, and unless”

Clause 1, page 2, line 3, leave out subsection (6)

Clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end insert “used for food production”

Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out “or a precision bred animal”

Clause 3, page 4, line 4, at end insert— “(4) Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative procedure.”

Clause 3, page 3, line 30, at end insert— “(iv) the details of the gene editing event, and the record of the whole genome sequence of the qualifying organism, are recorded in a publicly available register established by regulations,”

Clause 11, page 8, line 24, at end insert— “(9A) Regulations under subsection (5) are subject to the affirmative procedure.”

Clause 11, page 8, line 25, leave out “this section” and insert “subsection (9)”