Control of Pesticides (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Amendment of the Control of Pesticides Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987

7.  For regulation 7 there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“Seizure or disposal of pesticides

7.   Where there has been a breach, in relation to any pesticide, of any of the specified prohibitions imposed by regulation 4, any condition of an approval given under regulation 5 or any condition of a consent given under regulation 6, any Northern Ireland Department shall have the power—

(a) to seize or dispose of the pesticide or require the holder of the approval, or any other person appearing to that Department to be the owner or the person in charge of that pesticide, to dispose of it;

(b) to seize or dispose of anything treated with the pesticide or require any person appearing to that Department to be the owner or the person in charge of anything so treated to dispose of it;

(c) to require the holder of the approval, or any other person appearing to that Department to be the owner or the person in charge of that pesticide to take such remedial action as appears to that Department to be necessary as a result of the contravention including, where it appears to be necessary as a result of the contravention, recovery of the pesticide from the market in Northern Ireland.”.