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Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of
Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances,
in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act
to protect human health and safety and the environment by regulating
products used for the control of pests''.
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This enactment replaces the Pest Control Products Act.
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The enactment provides a pest control product registration regime
that gives the Minister of Health the necessary powers to ensure that pest
control products are registered only if their risks and value are
determined by the Minister to be acceptable.
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The enactment provides further protection of health, safety and the
environment by requiring that, after a product is registered, new
information about risks and value be reported, by authorizing the
special review and re-evaluation of registered pest control products and
by giving inspectors power to take measures to prevent risks.
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In addition, the enactment provides for public participation in the
regulatory process by requiring that the public be consulted before
significant registration decisions are made and by providing the public
with the right to request and participate in the reconsideration of
decisions. It also gives the public access to certain information provided
in relation to registered pest control products.
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Clause 82: The definition ``Minister'' in section 2
reads as follows:
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``Minister'' means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food;
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Clause 83: The relevant portion of section 5 reads as
follows:
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5. The Governor in Council may make regulations
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(h) providing that feeds registered under this Act and containing a
control product as defined in the Pest Control Products Act shall, in
prescribed circumstances and subject to prescribed conditions, be
deemed to be registered under that Act;
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Clause 84: The relevant portion of subsection 5(1)
reads as follows:
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5. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations
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(h) providing that fertilizers registered under this Act and containing
a control product as defined in the Pest Control Products Act shall,
in prescribed circumstances and subject to prescribed conditions, be
deemed to be registered under that Act;
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Clause 85: The relevant portion of subsection 3(1)
reads as follows:
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3. (1) This Part does not apply in respect of the advertising, sale or
importation of any
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(c) control product within the meaning of the Pest Control Products
Act; or
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Clause 86: The relevant portion of section 12 reads as
follows:
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12. This Part does not apply in respect of the sale or importation of
any
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(c) control product within the meaning of the Pest Control Products
Act;
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Clause 87: The definition ``Minister'' in section 2
reads as follows:
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``Minister'' means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food;
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Clause 88: The relevant portion of subsection 3(1)
reads as follows:
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3. (1) Subject to this Act, the Minister may pay to a farmer, on such
terms and conditions as are prescribed by the regulations, compensation
for any loss suffered by the farmer as a result of the presence of pesticide
residue in or on an agricultural product of that farmer, if
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(a) the Minister receives from the Minister of Health written
confirmation that an inspection of that product, made under the Food
and Drugs Act, has disclosed the presence of pesticide residue in or
on that product and that, as a result, the sale of that product would be
contrary to that Act or the regulations made thereunder;
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(b) the pesticide used is one registered under the Pest Control
Products Act or deemed by any other Act of Parliament to be
registered under that Act;
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