Scope3

1

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, these Regulations apply to—

a

any pesticide; or

b

any substance, preparation or organism prepared or used for any of the following purposes—

i

protecting plants or wood or other plant products from harmful organisms;

ii

regulating the growth of plants;

iii

giving protection against harmful creatures;

iv

rendering such creatures harmless;

v

controlling organisms with harmful or unwanted effects on water systems (including sewage treatment works), buildings or other structures, or on manufactured products;

vi

protecting animals against ectoparasites;

as if it were a pesticide.

2

These Regulations do not apply to—

a

organisms, other than bacteria, protozoa, fungi, viruses and mycoplasmas, used for destroying or controlling pests;

b

substances, preparations or organisms whose use or sale within the United Kingdom is controlled under any of the following enactments—

i

the Medicines Act 19684;

ii

Part IV of the Agriculture Act 19705;

iii

the Food Safety Act 19906;

iv

the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 19847;

v

the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 19898;

vi

the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 19909,

when those substances, preparations or organisms are used or sold for the purpose over which control under that enactment is exercised;

c

substances, preparations or organisms controlled by the Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 199410;

d

any plant protection product the placing on the market and use of which are subject to the prohibitions specified in regulation 3(1) and (2) of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 199511 or which is approved under regulation 9 of those Regulations12;

e

substances, preparations or organisms prepared or used for the purpose of disinfecting, bleaching or sterilising any substance (including water), other than soils, compost or other growing medium;

f

substances, preparations or organisms used in laboratories for the purpose of the micropropagation of plants or substances, preparations or organisms used in the production of novel food;

g

substances, preparations or organisms designed and used for—

i

the stimulation of the growth of plants, excluding materials which act as plant growth hormones, or which mimic the action of such materials;

ii

the modification of micro-biological processes in soil, excluding soil sterilants;

iii

assistance in the anaerobic fermentation of silage;

h

substances, preparations or organisms designed and used for destroying or controlling pests by purely physical means;

i

pesticides—

i

used in adhesive pastes, decorative paper or textiles;

ii

intended solely for exportation from the United Kingdom;

iii

applied externally or by impregnation as part of a manufacturing process, other than—

aa

in the preservation of timber or timber products, the production of food or the treatment of seed, compost or any other growing medium, or

bb

for the purpose of preventing the fouling of the hulls of vessels or structures below the waterline, or

cc

for the treatment of nets, floats or other apparatus to be used in the cultivation of fish;

iv

used in preparations intended for topical application to human beings for the purpose of repelling insects;

v

used in metal working fluids;

vi

used in paint for the sole purpose of preserving the paint;

vii

used in water-based cooling or heating systems, humidifying systems or swimming pools.

3

In this regulation—

• “disinfecting” means destroying micro-organisms other than bacterial spores;

• “metal working fluid” means any fluid used to facilitate the cutting, drilling, forming or machining of metal;

• “micropropagation” means the growth of plantlets from tissue culture or small parts of a plant in culture solution and under conditions which are sterile apart from the presence of the plant;

• “mycoplasma” means a genus of organisms which have a unit membrane without a rigid cell wall and are highly pleomorphic, having no independent form or spore stage in the life cycle;

• “novel food” has the same meaning as in section 18(3) of the Food Safety Act 1990;

• “paint” includes surface coatings;

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

• “placing on the market” and “plant protection product” have the same meanings as in the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995;

• “preparation” means a mixture or solution composed of two or more substances;

• “soil sterilant” means a product used for sterilising soil or compost;

• “sterilising” means destroying all micro-organisms including any bacterial spores.