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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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