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Document ID (ISN)69706
CIS number 97-1421
ISBN(s) 0-11-063695-3
Year 1997
Convention or series no. Statutory Instruments 1997 No.188
Title Health and Safety - The Control of Pesticides (Amendment) Regulations 1997 [United Kingdom]
Bibliographic information HMSO Publications Centre, P.O.Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1997. 14p. Price: GBP 3,20.
Abstract These modifications of the 1986 Regulations (already modified in 1990 and 1994) came into force on 31 Jan. 1997. Contents: definitions; scope (all pesticides and similar substances, with a detailed list of exceptions); need for ministerial consent to the advertising, sale, supply, storage and use of pesticides; conditions for the seizure and disposal of pesticides; release of information to the public. In schedules: conditions relating to the giving of consent.
Descriptors (primary) dangerous substances; United Kingdom; pesticide production; crop protection; pesticides
Descriptors (secondary) agricultural chemicals; law; penalties; chemical hazards
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Chemical industry
Agricultural chemicals