The Control of Pesticides (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Amendment of the principal Regulations

3.  For paragraph (1) of regulation 2 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1985 Act” means the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985;

“active ingredient” means a component of a pesticide which fits it for use as a pesticide;

“aerial application” means the application of a pesticide from an aircraft in flight;

“agricultural” has the meaning assigned to it in section 24(1) of the 1985 Act;

“approval” means an approval given jointly by the Ministers under regulation 5 in relation to a pesticide and “approved” shall be construed accordingly;

“contravenes” includes “fails to comply with”;

“creature” has the meaning assigned to it in section 24(1) of the 1985 Act;

“crops” has the meaning assigned to it in section 24(1) of the 1985 Act;

“full approval” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 5(2)(c);

“ground water” means any waters contained in underground strata;

“organism” means any animal, plant, fungus or micro-organism capable of carrying on life processes;

“pesticide” has the meaning assigned to it in section 16(15) of the 1985 Act;

“plants” has the meaning assigned to it in section 24(1) of the 1985 Act;

“provisional approval” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 5(2)(b);

“sell” includes offer or expose for sale or have in possession for the purpose of sale and “sale” shall be construed accordingly;

“substance” means any chemical element or compound which occurs naturally or by manufacture and includes any impurity which results from the manufacturing process;

“supply” includes offer to supply;

“surface water” means estuarial and coastal waters and any lake, loch, pond, reservoir, river, stream or watercourse including the bottom, channel or bed of any lake, loch, pond, reservoir, river, stream or, as the case may be, watercourse which is for the time being dry.”.