Pest Control Products Regulations
Marginal note:Exemption — research solely in laboratory
55 (1) A research establishment is exempt from the application of subsection 6(1) of the Act and sections 48, 52 and 59 to 63 if the research is conducted solely in a laboratory.
Marginal note:Exemption and criteria — research not solely in laboratory
(2) A research establishment is exempt from the application of subsection 6(1) of the Act and sections 48 and 52 if all or part of the research is conducted outside a laboratory and meets all of the following criteria:
(a) it does not involve the use of a microbial agent;
(b) in the case of research that involves the use of a chemical pest control product,
(i) it does not involve the use of an antimicrobial agent,
(ii) it does not involve aerial application,
(iii) it does not involve the application of a pest control product to water or to a place where runoff water may remove residues from the research site,
(iv) it does not involve the use of a pest control product in any of the following areas:
(A) greenhouses,
(B) residential areas, including lawns, gardens and parks,
(C) industrial premises, and
(D) food-handling areas,
(v) it does not involve the use of a pest control product for either
(A) structural pest control, or
(B) fumigation,
(vi) it does not involve the use of a pest control product that contains a formulant that is on Part 1 of the List of Pest Control Product Formulants and Contaminants of Health or Environmental Concern or a contaminant that is on Part 3 of that List,
(vii) in the case of a pest control product that contains an unregistered active ingredient, the application of the product is carried out by the researcher alone
(A) on a maximum of 5 ha of land owned or operated by a research establishment, or
(B) in the case of land owned or operated by a cooperator, on a maximum of 1 ha or 5% of the total area of the crop under research, whichever is less, and
(viii) in the case of a pest control product that contains a registered active ingredient,
(A) the application of the product is carried out by a researcher or cooperator on a maximum of 10 ha of land owned or operated by a research establishment or a cooperator, or on a maximum of 20% of the total area of the crop under research, whichever is less, and
(B) there is a reasonable expectation that the research will not increase occupational exposure above the level that is expected when the pest control product is used in accordance with its conditions of registration; and
(c) in the case of research that involves the use of a semiochemical,
(i) it does not involve aerial application,
(ii) it does not involve the application of a pest control product to water,
(iii) it does not involve the use of a pest control product in any of the following areas:
(A) greenhouses,
(B) residential areas, including lawns, gardens and parks,
(C) industrial premises, and
(D) food-handling areas,
(iv) it does not involve the use of a pest control product for either
(A) structural pest control, or
(B) fumigation,
(v) it does not involve the use of a pest control product that contains a formulant that is on Part 1 of the List of Pest Control Product Formulants and Contaminants of Health or Environmental Concern or a contaminant that is on Part 3 of that List,
(vi) in the case of a pest control product that contains an unregistered active ingredient, other than an arthropod pheromone, the application of the product is carried out by the researcher alone on a maximum of 5 ha of land owned or operated by a research establishment,
(vii) in the case of a pest control product that contains a registered active ingredient, other than an arthropod pheromone, the application of the product is carried out by a researcher or cooperator on a maximum of 10 ha of land owned or operated by a research establishment or cooperator, and
(viii) in the case of a pest control product that contains an active ingredient that is an arthropod pheromone,
(A) the application of the product is carried out on a maximum of 100 ha of land owned or operated by a research establishment or cooperator and the maximum use rate does not exceed 375 g of active ingredient per hectare per year, and
(B) if used in a food or feed crop, the pheromone is contained in an affixed solid matrix dispenser or in a retrievable-sized polymeric matrix dispenser, and the dispenser is not in direct contact with the crop.
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