S.L. 646.17 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations. unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Health and Safety at Work Act; "Authority" means the Occupational Health and Safety Authority established by virtue of article 4 of the Act; "biological agents" means micro-organisms, including those which have been genetically modified, cell cultures and human endoparasites, which may be able to provoke any infection, allergy or toxicity, and which shall be classified into the following four risk groups, according to their level of risk of infection:

(a) group 1 biological agent means an agent that is unlikely to cause human disease;

(b) group 2 biological agent means an agent that can cause human disease and might be a hazard to workers; it is unlikely to spread to the community; there is usually effective prophylaxis or treatment available;

(c) group 3 biological agent means an agent that can cause severe human disease and present a serious hazard to workers; it may present a risk of spreading to the community, but there is usually effective prophylaxis or treatment available;

(d) group 4 biological agent means an agent that causes severe human disease and is a serious hazard to workers; it may present a high risk of spreading to the community; there is usually no effective prophylaxis or treatment available; "cell culture" means the in-vitro growth of cells derived from multicellular organisms; "micro-organism" means a microbiological entity, cellular or non-cellular, capable of replication or of transferring genetic material.