Control of Pesticides (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 188 of 1997).

These Regulations amend the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986. The principal Regulations have been made for the purpose of controlling pesticides in implementation of Part III of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 and require the advertisement, sale, supply, storage and use in Great Britain of any pesticide product falling within the scope of the principal Regulations to be carried out in accordance with an approval granted by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State in relation to that product and in accordance with consents made by the Ministers. These Regulations clarify the scope of products to which the principal Regulations and exclude from the scope of products to which the principal Regulations apply (i) products whose sale or use within the United Kingdom is controlled by the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 1989 or the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 1990. The Regulations clarify the powers available to each of the Ministers in the event of a breach of the principal Regulations (reg. 7). They also amend regulation 8 of the principal Regulations, which provides a right of access to information. Amendments of regulation 6 concern the publication of consent by the Minister to sale, supply, storage, advertisement, and use pesticides.