“develop,—

• “(a) in relation to organisms other than incidentally imported new organisms,—

  • “(i) means—

    • “(A) genetic modification of an organism:

    • “(B) regeneration of a new organism from biological material of the organism that cannot, without human intervention, be used to reproduce the organism:

    • “(C) fermentation of a micro-organism that is a new organism; but

  • “(ii) does not include field testing; and

• “(b) in relation to incidentally imported new organisms,—

  • “(i) means—

    • “(A) the activities referred to in paragraph (a)(i); and

    • “(B) the deliberate isolation, aggregation, multiplication, or other use of the organism; but

  • “(ii) does not include field testing”.

“department has the same meaning as in section 2 of the State Sector Act 1988

“incidentally imported new organism means a new organism that is imported in or on goods, but is not—

• “(a) an essential or constituent part of those goods:

• “(b) imported in or on the goods with the intention of concealing the presence of the new organism:

• “(c) a genetically modified organism”.

• “(c) it is an incidentally imported new organism.”

• “(1A) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply to—

  • “(a) the importation of an incidentally imported new organism, if it is imported in or on goods lawfully imported under the Biosecurity Act 1993; or

  • “(b) the movement or use of those goods, together with any new organisms incidentally imported while they remain in or on those goods, after their importation.

• “(1B) The department responsible for administering the Biosecurity Act 1993 or its agents, and any other departments recognised by the responsible Minister under section 101(2) of that Act or their agents may, despite subsection (1)(b), isolate, aggregate, multiply, or use an incidentally imported new organism for the purpose of identifying, managing, or eradicating that organism.”