Act No. 68 of 2001 to amend the Pesticides Act, 1962.

This Act amends the principal Act so as to provide for the possibility to admit pesticides that do not meet the criteria laid down in the principal Act (sections 3 and 3a) but are considered indispensable. The criteria to judge if these pesticides may be admitted, include; if the use of the pesticide is urgently required because no valid alternative substance is available considering public health and the environment; if certain rules relative to novelty, resistance, and cost effectiveness are observed; and the application for the use of the pesticide is made by specified applicants. Restrictions of the above rule are mainly to be found in Community legislation.