Pest Control Products Regulations

Marginal note:Authorization required

• 41 (1) A person who wishes to import for their own use and use a foreign product for which an equivalency certificate is in effect must apply to the Minister for authorization to do so.

• Marginal note:Application and contents

  (2) The application must include all of the following information:

  • (a) the applicant’s name, address and signature;

  • (b) a copy of the applicable equivalency certificate;

  • (c) a copy of the approved own-use import label;

  • (d) a description of the intended use of the foreign product, including the location where it will be used; and

  • (e) the quantity of the foreign product required for that intended use for one growing season.

• Marginal note:Issuance of own-use import certificate

  (3) If the proposed use meets the conditions described in section 43, the Minister must authorize the use by issuing an own-use import certificate that sets out the conditions specified under subsection 41(1) of the Act and that includes all of the following:

  • (a) the identity of the certificate holder;

  • (b) the amount of the foreign product that may be imported under the certificate; and

  • (c) the location where the foreign product is to be used by the certificate holder.

• Marginal note:Own-use import certificate

  (4) An own-use import certificate

  • (a) is valid for one growing season only;

  • (b) expires on the date specified in it, which must be no later than one year after it is issued; and

  • (c) is no longer valid if the relevant equivalency certificate is no longer valid.

• Marginal note:Not transferable

  (5) An own-use import certificate is not transferable.

• Marginal note:No distribution

  (6) The holder of an own-use import certificate may not distribute any of the foreign product that was imported under the certificate.