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Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act (Cap 9.18).

Pays/Territoire
Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis
Type du document
Législation
Date
1999 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Titre complet
An 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.
Sujet
Plantes cultivées, Déchets et substances dangereuses
Mot clé
Législation de base Pesticides Institution Inspection Collecte de données/déclarations Toxicité/empoisonnement Commerce international Autorisation/permis Emballage/étiquetage Infractions/sanctions Lutte contre la pollution Substances dangereuses
Aire géographique
Amériques, Caraïbes, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Petits états insulaires en développement
Résumé

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.

Texte intégral
Anglais

Références - Législation

Implementé par

Pesticides (Labelling and Storage of Containers) Regulations (Cap 9.18).

Législation | Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis | 2009

Mot clé: Pesticides, Emballage/étiquetage, Transport/dépôt, Lutte contre la pollution, Substances dangereuses

Source: FAO, FAOLEX