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Pest Control Products Act
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The
Pest Control Products Act
(
French
:
Loi sur les produits antiparasitaires
) is a Canadian legislation to govern the application of
pesticides
.
History
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A version that was in place from at least 1985 of the legislation, which was largely limited to praxis, combined with the approval features of the
Canada Agricultural Products Act
to govern the sphere.
[1]
The most recent legislation under this name was proclaimed in 2002 but did not
came into force
until June 28, 2006.
[2]
[3]
along with its Regulations.
[4]
The
Pest Management Regulatory Agency
, which was created under a former piece of legislation, reports to
Parliament
through
Health Canada
, and is delegated to govern the products.
On 31 January 2008, the Review Panel Regulations were instituted, in order to administer sections 35 to 40 of the Act.
[5]
A statutory review of the Pest Control Products Act was held by the
Health Committee of Parliament
on 27 January 2015. Three witnesses from the
Pest Management Regulatory Agency
, Richard Aucoin, Jason Flint and Connie Moase, were called to speak on the legislation.
[6]
Aucoin, the Executive Director of the PMRA, stressed the science-based and
OECD
-collaborative nature of the review process.
[6]
Along with others, the Act was amended in 2016 in order to implement the
Agreement on Trade Facilitation
, which was done at
Geneva
by members of the
World Trade Organization
on 27 November 2014, as an amendment to Annex 1A of the
Marrakesh Agreement
establishing the World Trade Organization.
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References
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- ^
canlii.org: "Pest Control Products Act, RSC 1985, c P-9"
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canada.ca: "Information Note: The New Pest Control Products Act"
, 28 June 2006
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orders-in-council.canada.ca: "PC Number: 2006-0482 Date: 2006-06-06"
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orders-in-council.canada.ca: "PC Number: 2006-0483 Date: 2006-06-06"
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orders-in-council.canada.ca: "PC Number: 2008-0178 Date: 2008-01-31"
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a
b
openparliament.ca: "Health Committee on Jan. 27th, 2015"
, 27 Jan 2015
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canlii.ca: "An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act, the Hazardous Products Act, the Radiation Emitting Devices Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Pest Control Products Act and the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and to make related amendments to another Act, SC 2016, c 9"
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