Pesticides Act

Notifying member
Tonga
Title
Pesticides Act
First published
16/07/2002
First EIF
29/10/2002
Latest published
In force to
Latest notification
G/LIC/N/3/TON/2
Product categories
List of products subject to licensing
Attachment
Nature of licensing

Non-automatic

Administrative purpose/measure being implemented
  • Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect environment
Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forests and Registrar CEO
Ma'ufanga
www.mafff.gov.to
(+676) 23402

ceo@mafff.gov.to

Contact point for information on eligibility

Same as the "Administrative bodies"

Expected duration of licensing procedure
Ongoing
Found by secretariat
No
Related document symbols
  • G/LIC/N/2/TON/8
Source
Notes
  • Section 13(1)(2) - importation;

    Section 13&14 - Licensing system


  • G/LIC/N/2/TON/8

    Pesticides Act Cap 12.13

    Any formulation used for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals, causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood product, or animal feedstuff, or which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies. It includes substances intended for use as a plant-growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant, or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport; and includes paints used to prevent the fouling of the hulls of vessels or structure below the waterline or applied to set, floats or other apparatus used in cultivation of fish.


    Please see Annex for list of Products or see products "Pesticides"


    This Act regulate the registration, manufacture, import, sale, storage, distribution, use and disposal of pesticides in Tonga.