WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990
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BILL SEEKS TO EXTEND CONTROL TO ALL PESTICIDES
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AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES
THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AND APPLY THE EXISTING CONTROL SYSTEM TO ALL PESTICIDES,
AND OTHER PURPOSES, ACTING SECRETARY AGRICULTURAL, DOMESTIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS HELEN YU, SAID IN TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
FOR FOR
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
MRS YU SAID THIS IS FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY,
MOVING THE
OF THE EXPLAINED
READING SECOND 1990,
THAT
AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES THE AGRICULTURAL MRS YU (AMENDMENT) BILL
CONTROL OF PESTICIDES ORDINANCE, ENACTED IN 1977, PROVIDED FOR THE PESTICIDES FOR AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS ONLY.
HOWEVER, MRS YU POINTED OUT THAT ALL PESTICIDES CONTAINED TOXIC CHEMICALS WHICH, IF MISUSED, POSED A HEALTH OR ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD.
STRESSED THAT
THIS APPROACH WAS
BE
IN LINE WITH THE MRS YU RECOMMENDATION OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION AND THE WORLD
SHOULD SCHEME A PESTICIDE CONTROL THAT HEALTH ORGANISATION
ALL SITUATIONS COMPREHENSIVE AND SHOULD CONTROL PESTICIDES USED IN
PUBLIC INCLUDING AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, HOME GARDENING, HEALTH, HOUSEHOLD AND WAREHOUSE PEST CONTROL.
SAID THAT CONTROL WOULD ON THE AMENDMENT BILL, MRS YU IN THE FORM OF REGISTRATION AND A SYSTEM OF LICENSES AND PERMITS.
BE
"A NEW REGISTER OF PESTICIDES WILL BE INTRODUCED," MRS YU SAID.
READY-FOR-USE DOMESTIC PART I OF THE REGISTER WOULD CONTAIN PESTICIDES AND PART II WOULD CONTAIN ALL OTHER PESTICIDES.
SUCH A CLASSIFICATION WOULD GIVE A CLEARER INDICATION
A
PESTICIDE, CERTAIN TO USERS OF HAZARD POTENTIAL
FOR DIFFERENT A BASIS PROVIDE AND CONTROL ENFORCEMENT PROCESSING DIFFERENT LICENCES, SHE SAID.
OF THE FACILITATE
FEES
FOR
MANUFACTURE,
COLLECTIVELY
MANUFACTURE,
IMPORT,
BY IMPORT,
MEANS
MRS YU SAID IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO
SALE AND SUPPLY OF LICENCES SALE, SUPPLY AND
CONTROL THE
OF
REGISTERED AND TO POSSESSION
PESTICIDES
CONTROL
THE
PESTICIDES INDIVIDUALLY BY MEANS OF PERMITS.
"TO
OF UNREGISTERED
NOR
SUCH
CATER FOR CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT IS NEITHER PRACTICAL
WHO HAS NECESSARY то IMPOSE A REQUIREMENT FOR A PERMIT, A PERSON
WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM POSSESSION OF
PESTICIDES UNREGISTERED
PESTICIDES THE REQUIREMENT IF HE OBTAINED POSSESSION OF PERMIT HOLDER WHO PASSED THE PESTICIDES TO HIM IN ACCORDANCE THE PERMIT CONDITIONS," SHE SAID.
FROM A
WITH
PESTS,
INERT INGREDIENTS
IN ADDITION TO THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS WHICH KILLED THE MRS YU POINTED OUT THAT PESTICIDES MIGHT CONTAIN SUCH AS SOLVENTS AND ADDITIVES.
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