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Pesticides Control Act 1996 (Cap. 146A).

Country/Territory
Seychelles
Document type
Legislation
Date
1996 (1998)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to regulate the manufacture, distribution, use, storage and disposal of pesticides for the protection of the public health and the environment and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Basic legislation Pesticides Institution Registration International trade Transport/storage Packaging/labelling
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act makes provision for the establishment of a Pesticide Board and the control of pesticides by means of registration and placing of restrictions on the manufacture, sale and supply, importation and exportation, transport and storage of pesticides. "Pesticides" are defined in section 3. The Pesticide Board, established under section 4, may: (a) register pesticides; (b) determine conditions in the manufacture, trade or use of pesticides for the protection of plant material, public health, an

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