Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967

2 Substances to which this Act applies

This Act applies to any substance (whether organic or inorganic) having any of the following properties:—

(a) destroying or repelling any insect, mite, mollusc, nematode, fungus, bacterial organism, virus, or other pest capable of destroying or damaging plants;

(b) directly or indirectly controlling the activity of, or preventing or mitigating the harmful effect on plants of, any such pest;

(c) destroying weeds;

(d) acting as a bird or animal repellent, plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit.