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Control Of Pesticides Act (No. 33 of 1980) - Sect 8

Issue of licence

8.
(1) The Registrar shall not issue a licence under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section unless the copy of the draft label submitted with the application contains in the Sinhala, Tamil and English languages the following particulars :
(a) the trade name under which the pesticide shall be sold :
(b) the common, names of the active ingredients of the pesticide, in characters not smaller in size than half the size of those used for the trade name of the pesticide, and in a position placed directly below the trade name;
(c) a statement of the composition of the pesticide with the chemical identity of the active ingredients expressed on a weight by weight percentage basis, together with the percentage of other materials present, to give one hundred per cent, and in the case of liquid formulations, the active ingredient expressed as grams per litre ;
(d) the name and address of the holder of the licence ;
(e) adequate directions concerning the manner in which the pesticide is to be used, including information as to the period of time which should elapse between the last application of the pesticide and harvest ;of His crop to which it is applied and where the Registrar deems appropriate, the shelf-life of the pesticide;
(f) adequate warning and precautionary symbols and statements including first aid and antidote information;
(g) the statement "Registered under the control of Pesticides Act, 1900" which shall be an official symbol indicating that the pesticide has been licensed under this Act and the licence number assigned to it by the Registrar;
(h) any other particulars as may be prescribed by regulations under this Act.
(2) Where licensing of a pesticide has been effected under subsection (1) of section 1 no change in respect of any matters set out in paragraphs (a) to (h) of subsection (1) of this section shall be made without the prior approval of the Registrar.


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