BILL NO. 136

(as introduced)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
53 Elizabeth II, 2004

Private Member's Bill

Environment Act
(amended)

Joan Massey
Dartmouth East

First Reading: October 12, 2004

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill provides that, effective six months after the Bill receives Royal Assent,

(a) domestic class pesticides must be stored, handled and maintained in accordance with the regulations; and

(b) a spill of a domestic class pesticide must be cleaned up as provided in the regulations.

1 Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Environment Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 101 the following Section:

101A (1) A domestic class pesticide available in retail outlets in the Province shall be stored, handled and maintained as set out in the regulations.

(2) A spill of a domestic class pesticide shall be cleaned up following the procedures set out in the regulations.

2 Subsection 102(1) of Chapter 1 is amended by adding immediately after clause (h) the following clause:

(ha) respecting the storage, handling, maintaining and clean-up of domestic class pesticides;

3 This Act comes into force six months after it receives Royal Assent.