Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 27. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires " active ingredient" means any substance which gives a formulated product its pesticide properties; " adjuvant" means any substance used as an aid to the efficacy of a pesticide; " Authorized analyst" means the Government Analyst, the Additional Government Analyst, a Deputy Government Analyst, a Senior Assistant Government Analyst, an Assistant Government Analyst and any other person authorized by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to act as such ; "pest" means any insect, rodent, bird, fish, mollusc, nemtode, fungus, weed, micro-organism, virus or other kind of plant or animal life which is injurious, troublesome or undesirable to crops, stored products, processed foods, wood, clothes, fabrics or inanimate objects or which are objectionable from the view point of public health and hygiene, and shall also include ectoparasites and endoparasites of man and domestic animals other than any pest which may be specifically included or excluded by regulations made under this Act; " pesticide" means any substance intended for use or used for controlling a pest and shall include active ingredients, adjuvants and pesticide formulations ; " pesticide formulations " means any mixed or unmixed products sold, supplied, imported for use, or used, for one or more of the following purposes, namely, for destroying or repelling any pest within the meaning of this Act or for preventing its growth or mitigating its effects, as a plant regulator defoliant or desiccant or as an adjuvant and includes any similar product so designated by regulations made under this Act. |