South Australia
Genetically Modified Crops Management (Designation of Areas) Amendment Bill 2019
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Genetically Modified Crops Management Act 2004.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Genetically Modified Crops Management Act 2004
3	Insertion of section 4A
4A	Moratorium on cultivating genetically modified food crops
4	Amendment of section 5—Designation of areas

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Genetically Modified Crops Management (Designation of Areas) Amendment Act 2019.
2—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Genetically Modified Crops Management Act 2004
3—Insertion of section 4A
Before section 5 insert:
4A—Moratorium on cultivating genetically modified food crops
	(1)	Until and including 1 September 2025, the whole of the State is, by force of this subsection, designated as an area in which no genetically modified food crops may be cultivated.
	(2)	A person who cultivates a crop in contravention of subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $200 000.
	(3)	A person incurs no criminal liability with respect to an act or omission occurring before the commencement of the Genetically Modified Crops Management (Designation of Areas) Amendment Act 2019 (but this subsection does not operate with respect to a continuing act or omission after that commencement).
4—Amendment of section 5—Designation of areas
Section 5(1)—delete "The" and substitute:
On or after 2 September 2025, the