Pest Control Products (Saskatchewan) Act (R.S.S. 1978, c. P-8).

Subject

Cultivated plants

Keyword

Pesticides Standards Packaging/labelling Authorization/permit Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Data collection/reporting Offences/penalties

Geographical area

Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic

Entry into force notes

The present Act enters into force on 26 February 1979.

Abstract

The purpose of the present Act is to regulate and control the use, distribution and handling of pesticides. Section 3 establishes that no person shall sell or otherwise supply to any person a pesticide that does not meet the standards prescribed by the regulations in respect of: a) registration, where registration is required; b) packaging and labelling; or c) efficacy in relation to the purpose for which it was manufactured or made. The text – consisting of 27 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following matters: prohibition against certain uses of pesticides, prohibition against applying pesticides into body of water without permit, requirement with respect to keeping of pesticides, prohibition against keeping of pesticides in certain containers, prohibition against disposal of pesticides or containers, prohibition against cleansing of pesticide apparatus, prohibition against selling or applying pesticide without licence permit, power of minister to order destruction of contaminated property, appeal, inspectors and offences and penalties.

Full text

English

Website

www.qp.gov.sk.ca

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Pest Control Products Regulations, 1995 (R.R.S. c. P-8 Reg. 3).

Legislation | Canada | 1996 (2012)

Keyword: Pesticides, Toxicity/poisoning, Transport/storage, Authorization/permit, Standards, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX