Hazardous Chemicals Regulations, 1999. Country/Territory Gambia Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Hazardous substances Hazardous waste Packaging/labelling Transport/storage Registration International trade Authorization/permit Offences/penalties Waste management PIC-prior informed consent Geographical area Africa, Least Developed Countries, North Atlantic, Sahel, Western Africa Abstract These Regulations make provision for the control of manufacture, trade in, importation of, and handling of hazardous chemicals. They provide for the registration of hazardous chemicals and the licensing of persons wishing to carry out such activities. An application for the Registration of a Hazardous Chemicals in accordance with Section 10 of the Act shall be made in duplicate in the form prescribed in schedule 1. Decisions on registration and licensing shall be taken by the Chemicals and Pesticides Control and Management Board. It may take a decision to restrict the use and handling of a chemical or to ban a chemical. No person shall import, manufacture, sell or distribute a chemical in group I of schedule 3 without the prior authorisation of the Board and no person shall import, manufacture, sell or distribute a chemical in groups ii and iii of schedule 3, unless (s)he obtains a licence from the Board. The Regulations also provide rules for the labelling, packaging and transportation of chemicals Full text English Website www.nea.gm References - Legislation Implements Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides Control and Management Act (No. 12 of 1994). Legislation | Gambia | 1994 Keyword: Registration, International trade, Institution, Special fund, Soil pollution/quality, Plant protection, Basic legislation, PIC-prior informed consent, Pollution control, Pesticides, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Organic waste, Waste management, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX