Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act (Cap 9.18). Country/Territory Saint Kitts and Nevis Document type Legislation Date 1999 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the regulation and control of the importation, storage, manufacture, sale, transportation, disposal, and use of pesticides and toxic chemicals; to provide for the establishment of a Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board; and to provide for related or incidental matters. Subject Cultivated plants, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Basic legislation Pesticides Institution Inspection Data collection/reporting Toxicity/poisoning International trade Authorization/permit Packaging/labelling Offences/penalties Pollution control Hazardous substances Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act provides rules for the manufacture, use and handling of, and trade in, pesticides, and establishes the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board. The Board shall, among other things (a) determine any application submitted to it for (i) registration, (ii) licences, (iii) research permits; (b) grant or cancel any registration, licence, or permit in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Packages which are used for the import, export, transport, storage or sale of any controlled product shall be designed, constructed, tested and used in accordance with international standards. The Minister shall designate an officer in the Ministry responsible for Agriculture to be the Registrar of pesticides and toxic chemicals, and shall, after being designated, be assigned to the Board. The Act places restrictions on the manufacture, importation, sale or storage of controlled products, i.e. a pesticide, toxic chemical, or any substance or product specified in the Second Schedule to this Act. No person shall - (a) manufacture, import, sell, store in marketable quantities, or transport a controlled product, unless that controlled product is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the regulations made under this Act; (b) import a controlled product into the country without a licence issued in that respect in accordance with the provisions of this Act or Regulations made under this Act. Any substance or product specified in the Third Schedule is hereby declared a prohibited substance or product. No person shall import into St. Kitts and Nevis a prohibited substance or product. The Fourth Schedule sets out conditions of importation of a controlled product. Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Pesticides (Labelling and Storage of Containers) Regulations (Cap 9.18). Legislation | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2009 Keyword: Pesticides, Packaging/labelling, Transport/storage, Pollution control, Hazardous substances Source: FAO, FAOLEX