Pest Control Products Act (S.C. 2002, c. 28)

Marginal note:Minister to consult

• 28 (1) The Minister shall consult the public and federal and provincial government departments and agencies whose interests and concerns are affected by the federal regulatory system before making a decision

  • (a) to grant or deny an application

    • (i) to register a pest control product that is or contains an unregistered active ingredient, or

    • (ii) to register, or amend the registration of, a pest control product if the Minister considers that registration or amendment of the registration may result in significantly increased health or environmental risks;

  • (b) about the registration of a pest control product on completion of a re-evaluation or special review; or

  • (c) about any other matter if the Minister considers it in the public interest to do so.

• Marginal note:Public notice

  (2) To initiate a consultation under subsection (1), the Minister shall make public a consultation statement and shall invite any person to send written comments on the proposed decision within the period specified in the statement.

• Marginal note:Consultation statement

  (3) The consultation statement shall include

  • (a) a summary of any reports of the evaluation of the health and environmental risks and the value of the pest control product prepared or considered by the Minister;

  • (b) the proposed decision and the reasons for it; and

  • (c) any other information that the Minister considers necessary in the public interest.

• Marginal note:Consideration of comments

  (4) The Minister shall consider any comments received pursuant to subsection (2) before making a decision.

• Marginal note:Decision statement

  (5) After making a decision, the Minister shall make public a decision statement that shall include the decision, the reasons for it and a summary of any comments that the Minister received on the proposed decision.

• Marginal note:Confidential test data

  (6) A consultation statement referred to in subsection (2) and a decision statement referred to in subsection (5) shall contain any confidential test data that the Minister considers to be in the public interest.