Biocides (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

L.N. 171 of 2007

PESTICIDES CONTROL ACT

(CAP. 430)

Biocides (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 4 and 5 of the

Pesticides Control Act, the Minister of Rural Affairs and the

Environment, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is Biocides (Amendment)

Regulations, 2007 and they shall be read and construed as one with

Biocides Regulations, 2004, hereinafter in these regulations referred

2004. to as "the principal regulations".

Immediately after sub-regulation (1) of regulation 9 of the

principal regulations, there shall be added the following new sub-

regulation

''(1A) In the period in which the active substance is not

established in the Registry of active substances, in Parts 1 and

1A, or not established in Annex 1 of the Council Directive 98/8/

EEC of the 16 February 1998, the Director may authorize the

placing on the market of any product which shall satisfy the

requisites referred to in regulation 22. This authorization

process cannot be utilized for active substances that have been

banned from listing in accordance with Annex 1 of the Directive

above-mentioned.''.

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