This Act may be cited as the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Act 1999, and is part of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (“the principal Act”).

(1) This subsection substituted the definition New organism in section 2(1) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection substituted the definition test certificate in section 2(1) of the principal Act.

This section inserted section 2A in the principal Act.

This section amended s 40(2)(a)(iv) of the principal Act.

This section amended s 53(3)(b) of the principal Act.

This section amended s 61(7) of the principal Act.

This section substituted s 78(5) of the principal Act.

This section amended s 97(e) of the principal Act.

This section amended s 109(1)(b) of the principal Act.

This section amended s 117(3) of the principal Act.

This section substituted section 121 and repealed section 122 of the principal Act.

(1) Paragraph (h) of section 125(1) of the principal Act is repealed.

(2) This subsection inserted s 125(2A) in the principal Act.

This section substituted s 156(1)(b) of the principal Act.

Section 257(1) of the principal Act is amended by adding the words “and that organism is then a new organism”.

The principal Act is amended—

• (a) By omitting from section 10(c) the expression “sections 28, 31, 34, 39, and 47 of”:

• (b) By omitting from section 53(3)(c)(ii) the expression “section 55(3) of”:

• (c) By omitting from section 62(4) the figure “68”, and substituting the figure “73”:

• (d) By omitting from section 110 the expressions “140(j)” and “140(i)”, and substituting in each case the expression “140”:

• (e) By omitting from section 137(1)(b) the expression “103(3)”, and substituting the expression “103”:

• (f) By omitting from section 140(1)(k) the figure “39”, and substituting the figure “40”:

• (g) By omitting from section 141(1) the expression “140(i), (j), (m), or (n)”, and substituting the expression “140(1)(i), (j), (m), or (n)”:

• (h) By omitting from section 158(3) the expression “section 126 of”:

• (i) By omitting from section 198(4) the expression “197 or 199”, and substituting the expression “195 to 197”:

• (j) By omitting from section 220(6) the expression “156(d)”, and substituting the expression “156(1)(d)”:

• (k) By omitting from section 254(8)(a) the expression “31(1)”, and substituting the expression “13”.