GM Crop Advisory Committee

The GM Crop Advisory Committee was established under the Genetically Modified Crops Management Act 2004 (external site), and has the following terms of reference:

  • To advise the Minister in regard to the designation of areas of the State to which there will be a regulatory requirement pursuant to section 5[1] of the Act
  • To advise the Minister if a nominated class of GM food crop should be specified for cultivation on the basis that, pursuant to section 5[5][a], [b] or [c], appropriate segregation and identity preservation systems are, or can be, implemented that would permit GM and non-GM production of that class of crop to be undertaken in coexistence
  • To advise the Minister in regard to any variation or revocation of prior designations made under section 5
  • To advise the Minister in relation to the appropriateness of issuing Exemption Notices under section 6[2][a][ii] and [iii], and to recommend to the Minister the conditions of operation that should be applied to the Exemption Notice section 5

  • To investigate any matter referred to the Committee by the Minister

Contact details for the GM Crop Advisory Committee:

Email:  pirsa.gmcac@saugov.sa.gov.au

Phone:  08 8207 2361

Fax:  08 8463 3363