Pursuant to section 26 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (“Act”), the Environmental Protection Authority hereby determines that

human T lymphocyte cells transfected with messenger RNA

do not fulfil the definition of a genetically modified organism detailed in the Act, and therefore are not new organisms for the purposes of the Act.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of March 2016.

LOUISE MALONE, Chair, Decision-making Committee of the Authority.