Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Interpretation

1.  A pesticide means a preparation designed—

(a) to destroy organisms harmful to plants or to plant products or to protect plants and plant products from such organisms;

(b) to improve or regulate plant production, with the exception of a fertiliser and a soil conditioner;

(c) to preserve plant products except—

(i) a wood preservative which does not contain preservatives which penetrate into the wood, or

(ii) a food preservative to which the Preservatives in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1980(1) apply;

(d) to destroy undesired plants;

(e) to destroy parts of plants or to prevent undesired growth; or

(f) to render harmless or to destroy, or to give protection against, any nuisance or harmful animals or insect pests and to control organisms with harmful or unwanted effects on water systems, buildings or other structures, or manufactured products.

(1)

S.R. 1980 No. 28, amended by S.R. 1980 No. 380 and S.R. 1982 No. 297