Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (Amendment) Regulations 2019

THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE 30TH MARCH, 2019 LEGAL SUPPLEMENT - B GUYANA REGULATIONS Made Under No. 3 of 2019 THE , ESTICIDES AND TOXIC CHEMICALS CONTROL ACT (Cap. 68:09) IN EXERCISE OF THE POWERS CONFERRED UPON ME BY SECTION 32 OF THE PESTICIDES AND TOXIC CHEMICALS CONTROL ACT, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE PESTICIDES AND TOXIC CHEMICALS CONTROL BOARD, I MAKE THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS: Citation. 1. These Regulations, which amend the Pesticides and Toxic Reg No. 8 0 f 2004 Chemicals Regulations, may be cited as the· Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals (Amendment) Regulations 2019. Amendment of regulation 14 of the Principal Regulations. Amendment of regulation 80 of the Principal Regulations. Repeal of the First Schedule to the Principal Regulation. Repeal of the Second Schedule to the Principal Regulation. Amendment of the Third Schedule to the Principal Regulation. 2. Regulation 14 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows (a) by the deletion of subregulations (3) and (5); and (b) by the renumbering ofsubregulation (4) as subregulation (3). 3. The Principal Regulations is amended by the substitution for regulation 80, of the following "80. A person shall not handle or apply restricted pesticides unless he has been suitably trained and is certified by the Board as a commercial applicator." 4. The First Schedule to the Principal Regulations is repealed. 5. The Second Schedule to the Principal Regulations is repealed. 6. The Third Schedule to the Principal Regulations is amended by the substitution for that Schedule of the following Schedule 148 THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE [LEGAL SUPPLEMENT] - B 30TH MARCH, 2019 "Third Schedule Fee Structure for Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals TYPE OF FEE Registration for Pest Control Operator Import Licence Pesticide or Toxic Chemical Vendor Licence Maximum Residue Limit FEE Two hundred thousand dollars per annum. In relation to a pesticide, a fee of an amount equivalent to three percent of the value (including the cost, insurance and freight) of that pesticide; and In relation to a toxic chemicals, a fee of an amount equivalent to one and a half percent of the value (including cost, insurance and freight) of that toxic chemicals. Five thousand dollars per annwn. Twenty five thousand dollars per sample for screening for pesticides residues by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS); Thirty five thousand dollars per sample for screening for pesticide residue by Liquid Chromatography (LC/QQQ); Ten thousand dollars for the quantification per pesticide per sample after screening is done and THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE [LEGAL SUPPLEMENT] - B ' 30 TH MARCH, 2019 samples found to be contaminated; and Forty Thousand dollars per sample for analysis of pesticides by Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS)." Hon. Noel Holder, M.P. Minister of Agriculture 149