Singapore legislation
Clause 206
Clause 206
Evaluation of plant pesticide product for registration
(1)
In order to ascertain that a plant pesticide product is suitable for registration under this Act, the Agency may —
subject samples of the product to an evaluation by an analyst;
require the applicant for the registration of the product to send samples of the product for evaluation by an analyst and then submit the evaluation report to the Agency; or
consider the evaluation report of any body or organisation, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, that has evaluated the product.
(2)
The evaluation of a plant pesticide product must include any tests and examination of the product that the Agency considers necessary to determine any of the following matters:
whether the quality, safety or efficacy of the product for the purposes for which it is to be used has been satisfactorily established;
whether the label to be approved for containers of the product, if registered, meets the labelling criteria;
whether the product complies with any requirements that are prescribed in relation to it by any pesticide control regulations;
any other matters relating to the product as the Agency thinks relevant.
(3)
All costs reasonably incurred by the Agency for the evaluation of a plant pesticide product under this section must be borne by the applicant for the registration of the product.