Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Revocation of pesticide approval

9.—(1) The Department shall, at the same time as it notifies a pesticide approval holder of a decision mentioned in paragraph 6, 7(4) or 8(2), revoke the pesticide approval.

(2) The Department may, if any pesticide approval holder fails to comply with a notification given under paragraph 7(1) or (3) or 8(1) or (3), revoke the pesticide approval.

(3) Where the Department revokes a pesticide approval under sub-paragraph (1) or (2), it may revoke that approval—

(a)completely;

(b)in the manner specified in sub-paragraph (4); or

(c)in the manner specified in sub-paragraph (5).

(4) When revoking an approval in the manner mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(b), the Department shall—

(a)subject to head (b), revoke that approval in so far as it authorises the advertisement, sale, storage, supply and use of that product; and

(b)in the form of a provisional approval granted under regulation 5 of the 1987 Regulations for a period not exceeding one year commencing with the date of that revocation, authorise—

(i)the storage of that product by any person; and

(ii)the advertisement, sale, supply and use of that product by any person other than the pesticide approval holder or the pesticide approval holder’s employees or agents.

(5) When revoking an approval in the manner mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(c), the Department shall—

(a)subject to heads (b) and (c), revoke that approval in so far as it authorises the advertisement, sale, supply, storage and use of that product;

(b)in the form of a provisional approval granted under regulation 5 of the 1987 Regulations for a period not exceeding one year commencing with the date of that revocation, authorise the advertisement, sale, storage, supply and use of that product by any person; and

(c)in the form of a provisional approval granted under regulation 5 of the 1987 Regulations for a period, not exceeding one year following the end of the period of provisional approval granted under head (b), authorise—

(i)the storage of that product by any person; and

(ii)the advertisement, sale, supply and use of that product by any person other than the pesticide approval holder or the pesticide approval holder’s employees or agents.