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The
Pesticides Act 1975
The
Pesticides Regulations 1996
The
Pesticides Regulations 1999
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Draft
MRL Regulations
- Draft Legislation
- Schedule 1: Pesticide
Residue
- Schedule 2: Maximum
Residue levels
- Schedule 3: Products
In
Jamaica, The
Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) is the governing body mandated
through the Pesticides Act of 1975 to carry out the regulation and control
of pesticide usage in Jamaica. Other Acts also impinge on pesticide control,
but the Pesticides Act was legislated to allow for specific control of
the pesticide industry.
Embodied within the Pesticides Act is the formation of a Pesticides
Control Authority (PCA). The PCA is made up of representatives from
public sector organisations that are involved in pesticide control. The
Authority meets monthly and sets the policies for the control and regulation
of the industry.
The Ministry
of Health has portfolio responsibility for the Pesticides
Control Authority (PCA).
The functions
as outlined in the Pesticides Act are:
- to register
pesticides;
- to licence
persons to import or manufacture registered pesticides;
- to authorize
persons to sell restricted pesticides;
- to register
premises in which a restricted pesticide may be sold;
- to
licence pest control operators;
- to consider
and determine applications made pursuant to this Act and to deal with
all aspects of the importation, manufacture packaging, preparation for
sale, sale, disposal and use of pesticides and to advise the Minister
on all matters in relation thereto; and
- to do
such other things as may be expedient or necessary for the proper performance
of its functions under this Act.
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