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| Name: | Agrochemicals Regulations (Chapter 35:09). |
| Country: | Botswana |
| Subject(s): | Protection against particular hazards; Agriculture workers |
| Type of legislation: | Regulation, Decree, Ordinance |
| Adopted on: | 2003-08-08 |
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| ISN: | BWA-2003-R-91534 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=91534&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line  FAOLEX (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations) PDF of Act as consolidated to 31 December 2008 (consulted on 2012-11-16) |
| Abstract/Citation: | These Regulations implement provisions of the Agrochemicals Act with respect to registration, labelling, storage and other handling of agrochemicals as defined by the Act and record keeping by a licensee. An application to register an agrochemical shall be made to the Registrar in Form 1 set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations and shall further be accompanied by data and samples as specified by these Regulations. The Registrar shall, where he or she is satisfied that an application meets the requirements of registration, register the agrochemical and issue a registration certificate, as set out in the Second Schedule. The classification of an agrochemical on a label regarding toxicity shall be in accordance with the Fourth Schedule and the codes to be used for an agrochemical formulation on a label shall be as set out in the Fifth Schedule. A licensee shall ensure that an agrochemical distributed by him or her is approved, marked, packed and labelled in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. The Regulations contain a provision relative to the disposal of agrochemicals. |
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