Part of Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:15 pm on 7 July 2022.
Victoria Prentis
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2:15,
7 July 2022
Very briefly, these clauses cover the enforcement measures in the Bill. They provide powers for “relevant breach” and “relevant obligation” and they define those terms. They provide powers to make regulations on enforcement, set out the powers for regulations to provide compliance notices and set out provisions that must be included in regulations and stop notices. They also set out provisions that must be included in regulations that provide for monetary penalty notices and in respect of enforcement notices, and they enable enforcement notices to be issued to provide for reviews and appeals. They address how the new regulatory regime might recover the costs incurred of dealing with non-compliance. I commend all eight clauses to the Committee.
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