(c) advise the Permanent Secretary, as and when required, on the appropriate strategy in cases of emergency; (d) examine any application made pursuant to section 7, and make its recommendations to the Permanent Secretary. (2) In examining an application under subsection 1(d), the Committee shall take account of the proposed activity of the GMO in respect of its likely – (a) direct or indirect effects on the environment and human and animal health; and (b) 7. social and economic effects on people and society. Application for GMO permit (1) Notwithstanding any other enactment, no person shall develop, use, market, produce, release into the environment, transit, import or export genetically modified organisms unless he holds a GMO permit issued under this Act. (2) An application shall be made to the Permanent Secretary in the form set out in the First Schedule and on payment of a prescribed application fee. (3) (a) The applicant shall submit a risk assessment report and a contingency plan in the form set out in the Second Schedule. (b) A risk assessment for the purpose of paragraph (a) shall be carried out in a scientifically sound manner. (4) On receipt of an application under subsection (2), (a) the Permanent Secretary shall – (i) cause a notice of any application for a GMO permit to be published in the Gazette and for 3 consecutive days, in not less than two daily newspapers;