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Control of use of fumigants.
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61.—(1) The Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, may by order declare, as respects a specified fumigant, that—
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(a) all uses of the fumigant shall be restricted, or
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(b) the use of the fumigant for a specified purpose or in specified circumstances shall be restricted.
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(2) Where an order under this section declares that all uses of a fumigant shall be restricted, a person shall not use the fumigant save with the permission of the chief medical officer for the area in which the fumigant is used and in accordance with any directions which the officer may give for the purpose of safeguarding public health.
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(3) Where an order under this section declares that the use of a fumigant for a specified purpose or in specified circumstances shall be restricted, a person shall not use the fumigant for that purpose or in those circumstances (as the case may be) save with the permission of the chief medical officer for the area in which the fumigant is used and in accordance with any directions which the officer may give for the purpose of safeguarding public health.
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(4) A person who contravenes subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
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(5) An offence under this section may be prosecuted by the health authority in whose functional area the offence is committed.
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