This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
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.
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