Malaysia legislation
Section 7
Section 7
(2)
Subject to subsection (4), an applicant must with his application submit to the Board—
(a)
a statement of the common name of the pesticide, if available, its trade name, its chemical name, and its structural formula, and of the name and concentration of every active ingredient of the pesticide;
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(b)
the name and concentration of every other ingredient of the pesticide;
(c)
detailed toxicological information on every ingredient of the pesticide and on the pesticide as a whole;
(d)
all matters proposed to be included in the label of the pesticide, including instructions for, and the precautionary measures to be taken in connection with, its use the claims made for it and the proposed class of pesticide;
(e)
a statement as to, or a sample of, the proposed package of the pesticide;
(f)
reports on the efficacy and safety of the pesticide;
(g)
a statement of the methods of analyzing the pesticide and of the authorities or sources of information on which the statement is based;
(h)
a statement of the methods of determining the residue of the pesticide on plants or crops on which it is intended to be used;
(i)
the addresses of the place of business of the applicant and of the place where the applicant intends to store pesticides;
(j)
if he is a manufacturer, the name and address of the factory, building, or premises at which the applicant intends to manufacture the pesticide and an outline of the process of manufacturing the pesticide; and
(k)
a prescribed amount of a sample of the pesticide which the applicant intends to register.
(3)
The Board may require the applicant—
(a)
to submit to it any information relating to the pesticide other than the matters specified in subsection (2); and
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(b)
to amend or modify the matters specified in paragraphs
(2)
and (e) so as to comply with the rules or regulations relating thereto or, if there are no such rules or regulations for the time being, with the policy of the
Board relating thereto.
(4)
The Board may, in any particular case, waive any of the requirements of subsection (2) or accept and act on an application that lacks any of those requirements, if it considers that it may properly act under section 8 notwithstanding the absence of that requirement.
(5)
Every application made to the Board under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by the prescribed application fee.
Registration and refusal to register