Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act 1998 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Control of Pesticides and Vector Repellents
11. Removal of registration marks, surrender of stocks, etc., upon cancellation of registration
Feedback & supportUpon the cancellation of the registration of a pesticide or vector repellent —
pesticide
“pesticide” means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or mixture or preparation of those substances, containing one or more active ingredients and used for vector control, but does not include any fumigant controlled under the Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation) Act 1947;
the person to whom the registration was granted must, unless the Director‑General otherwise directs, immediately take reasonable and necessary steps to have the registration mark removed, cancelled or obliterated from every container, package or label on which the person has printed or caused to be printed or to which the person has affixed or caused to be affixed, the registration mark; and
container
“container” includes anything in or by which a pesticide or vector repellent may be cased, covered, enclosed, contained or packed before application; and, in the case of a pesticide or vector repellent which is sold or carried or intended for sale or carriage in more than one container, includes every such container;
the Director-General may, by written notice addressed to the person to whom the registration was granted, require that person to recall all stocks, or to cease the sale, supply or distribution, of that pesticide or vector repellent within such time as the Director‑General may specify in the notice.
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;