The HSNO Act lists persons and agencies responsible for enforcement of the Act in certain situations. These provisions do not differentiate between enforcement for hazardous substances and enforcement for new organisms and no agency is listed as having responsibility for enforcement of new organism provisions in containment, although in practice MAF has been undertaking this role.
10.1 Summary
This section discusses options for clarifying the agency responsible for new organism enforcement in containment. The preferred option is that MAF be formally identified as the primary agency responsible for that situation.
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10. Enforcement agency for new organisms
September 2002
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