The Environmental Protection Authority's determination under section 26 of the Hazardous Substances and
New Organisms Act 1996, dated the 19th day of April 2013 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 9 May 2013, No. 54, page 1550, that organisms arising from the use of Zinc-Finger Nuclease type 1 (ZFN-1) or Transcription Activator-Like Effector proteins are not genetically modified organisms, and therefore are not new organisms, has been stayed by order of the High Court pending the outcome of an appeal against that determination or further order of the Court.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of June 2013.
THE HON JUSTICE MALLON, High Court of New Zealand, Wellington Registry.