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42 :“toxin” means any Fifth Schedule toxin.

Appointment of biosafety committee and biosafety co-ordinator

39.—(1) Every operator of a facility shall, in accordance with such requirements as may be prescribed—
 * (a) appoint a biosafety committee comprising the persons specified in the Sixth Schedule; and
 * (b) appoint a biosafety co-ordinator.

(2) The biosafety co-ordinator of a facility shall undergo such training as the Director may from time to time require.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), every operator of a facility shall, before carrying out any of the following activities at the facility, obtain the advice of the biosafety committee as to the safety measures required for the carrying out of that activity:
 * (a) any activity involving any biological agent or toxin;
 * (b) the inactivation of any biological agent.

(4) Nothing in subsection (3) shall require the operator of a facility to obtain the advice of the biosafety committee in respect of an activity which the operator proposes to carry out at the facility if the proposed activity is of the same type and is to be carried out in the same manner as an activity in respect of which the operator had previously obtained the advice of the biosafety committee in accordance with that subsection and which had been carried out safely.

(5) In order to properly advise the operator of a facility as to the safety measures required for the carrying out of any activity referred to in subsection (3) at the facility, the biosafety committee shall—
 * (a) conduct risk assessments in relation to the activity proposed to be carried out;
 * (b) devise such measures for the management of the risks that may arise from the proposed activity; and
 * (c) formulate such other policies, programmes and codes of practice as may be necessary for—
 * (i) the proposed activity to be carried out safely at the facility; and