5. Pesticides and vector repellents to be registered, etc.

Terms defined in s 2

• advertise

  advertise

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  “advertise” means to advertise, directly or indirectly, by means of spoken words or any form of printed or written matter or any other medium;

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• container

  container

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  “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;

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• Director-General

  Director-General

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  “Director-General” means the Director‑General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;

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• label

  label

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  “label”, in relation to the container or package of a pesticide or vector repellent, means any written, pictorial or other descriptive matter marked on or affixed to the container or package;

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• pesticide

  pesticide

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  “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;

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• sell

  sell

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  “sell” means to sell by way of retail or wholesale dealing and includes barter, offering or attempting to sell, receiving for sale, having in possession for sale, exposing for sale, sending or delivering for sale, and causing or allowing to be sold, offered or exposed for sale;

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• supply

  supply

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  “supply” includes having in possession for the purpose of supply;

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• use

  use

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  “use” includes any act of handling, operating, dispensing, preparation, application, storage and disposal;

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• vector control

  vector control

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  “vector control” means the destruction, or the prevention of the propagation or harbouring, of vectors;

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• vector control operator

  vector control operator

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  “vector control operator” means a person who, in the course of any trade or business, undertakes or engages in vector control work;

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• vector control technician

  vector control technician

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  “vector control technician” means a person who, for reward or under a contract of employment, carries out or supervises the carrying out of any vector control work;

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• vector control work

  vector control work

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  “vector control work” means any work carried out for the purpose of vector control;

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• vector control worker

  vector control worker

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  “vector control worker” means any person who, for reward or under a contract of employment, carries out any vector control work under the supervision of a vector control technician;

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• vector repellent

  vector repellent

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  “vector repellent” means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance, or mixture or preparation of those substances, containing one or more active ingredients and used or intended to be used for repelling vectors;

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