Pest Control Products Act — P-9.01 42
Register 42 (1) The Minister shall establish and maintain a Register of Pest Control Products in accordance with the regulations, if any, that contains information about pest control products, including information about applications, registrations, re-evaluations and special reviews. Contents of Register (2) The Register shall contain the following information: (a) for each application to register or amend the registration of a pest control product, (i) the active ingredient of the product, proposed new uses for it or any uses proposed to be withdrawn, and (ii) how the application was disposed of or whether it was withdrawn; (b) the conditions of registration, registration number and registration validity period for each registered pest control product; (c) information, in respect of each registered pest control product, that is provided by applicants and registrants (i) in support of an application for registration or for the amendment of a registration, or (ii) for the purposes of a re-evaluation or special review; (d) information provided by applicants and registrants that is used to specify maximum residue limits; (e) information, in respect of each registered pest control product, that is considered by the Minister under paragraphs 7(6)(b) and 19(1)(c); (f) any reports of the evaluation of the health and environmental risks and the value of registered pest control products prepared by the Minister; (g) any advice from a person or body referred to in paragraph 44(1)(f), unless disclosure of the advice may be refused under section 23 or 23.1 of the Access to Information Act ; (h) the status, including cancelled status, of all registrations to which this Act applies; (i) information provided to the Minister pursuant to subsection 8(5); (j) notices delivered under subsections 12(1), 16(3) and 18(1) and paragraph 19(1)(a); (k) conclusions of the Minister that were made public under section 15; (l) consultation statements and decision statements made public under subsections 28(2) and (5), respectively; (m) notices of objection filed under subsections 35(1) and (2), public notices given under subsection 35(4) and the Minister’s decisions and reasons under subsections 35(5) and 39(2); (n) authorizations under sections 33 and 41 and amendments and cancellations under sections 34 and 41; and (o) any other information required by this Act or the regulations to be included in the Register. Evaluation reports (3) An evaluation report referred to in paragraph (2)(f) shall contain a summary of the information considered and shall contain any confidential test data and confidential business information that the Minister considers appropriate. Public access to information in the Register (4) The Minister shall allow the public to have access to, and copies of, any information in the Register that (a) is not confidential test data or confidential business information; or (b) is confidential test data that has been made subject to public disclosure in accordance with the regulations made under paragraph 67(1)(m). Access to evaluation reports (5) The Minister shall allow the public to obtain a copy of any evaluation report in the Register, except for any confidential business information that it contains. Means of access to information in Register (6) Information in the Register that the public may obtain a copy of under this Act or the regulations shall be made available to the public in as convenient a manner as practicable. Electronic public registry (7) The Minister shall establish an electronic public registry, which shall include (a) the information referred to in subsection (6), as soon as reasonably practicable; (b) memoranda of understanding among federal government departments relating to the regulation of pest control products; (c) reports of international harmonization activities relating to the regulation of pest control products; (d) regulations and proposed regulations under this Act when published in the Canada Gazette ; an