Pest Control Products Incident Reporting Regulations (SOR/2006-260)

Marginal note:Transitional period – annual summary

• 15.1 (1) A registrant who, during the year preceding the day on which this section comes into force, receives information about any incident that is associated with one of its pest control products must also, by the date set out in subsection (3), provide an annual summary in respect of any active ingredient that is a component of one of its pest control products and that is implicated in at least 10 incidents about which it has received information in that calendar year.

• Marginal note:Content

  (2) The annual summary must contain the information referred to in subsection 15(2) as it read immediately before the day on which this section comes into force.

• Marginal note:Timing

  (3) The annual summary must be provided to the Minister by March 31, 2022.

Dangerous Situations

Marginal note:Minister’s request

16 Every registrant must provide the Minister with the information referred to in subsection 3(1) that they have received but have not already provided, within 24 hours after the Minister requests it for the purpose of responding to a situation that endangers human health, animal health or terrestrial or aquatic plants.

Records

Marginal note:Keep and submit at Minister’s request

17 Every registrant and applicant must keep a record of every incident report and any information they have that relates to that report for six years after the day on which the report is provided to the Minister. The record must be provided to the Minister, on request, for the purpose of making comparisons or a historical analysis of the incidents or to permit the Minister to exercise powers under the Act.

Placement in Register

Marginal note:Incident reports and supplemental information

• 18 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister must place all incident reports that relate to registered pest control products in the Register, including any supplemental information in support of the reports that is volunteered by the registrant or applicant, such as any relevant opinion or commentary.

• Marginal note:Exclusion

  (2) The Minister must remove from the incident reports, and from any supplemental information provided in connection with them, all personal information as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Coming into force

19 These Regulations come into force six months after the day on which they are registered.