Pest Control Products Regulations — 55
Exemption — research solely in laboratory 55 (1) A research establishment is exempt from the application of subsection 6(1) of the Act and sections 48, 52 and 59 to 63 if the research is conducted solely in a laboratory. Exemption and criteria — research not solely in laboratory (2) A research establishment is exempt from the application of subsection 6(1) of the Act and sections 48 and 52 if all or part of the research is conducted outside a laboratory and meets all of the following criteria: (a) it does not involve the use of a microbial agent; (b) in the case of research that involves the use of a chemical pest control product, (i) it does not involve the use of an antimicrobial agent, (ii) it does not involve aerial application, (iii) it does not involve the application of a pest control product to water or to a place where runoff water may remove residues from the research site, (iv) it does not involve the use of a pest control product in any of the following areas: (A) greenhouses, (B) residential areas, including lawns, gardens and parks, (C) industrial premises, and (D) food-handling areas, (v) it does not involve the use of a pest control product for either (A) structural pest control, or (B) fumigation, (vi) it does not involve the use of a pest control product that contains a formulant that is on Part 1 of the List of Pest Control Product Formulants and Contaminants of Health or Environmental Concern or a contaminant that is on Part 3 of that List, (vii) in the case of a pest control product that contains an unregistered active ingredient, the application of the product is carried out only by a researcher (A) on a maximum of 5 ha of land owned or operated by a research establishment, or (B) in the case of land owned or operated by a cooperator, on a maximum of 1 ha or 5% of the total area of the crop under research, whichever is less, and (viii) in the case of a pest control product that contains a registered active ingredient, (A) the application of the product is carried out by a researcher or cooperator on a maximum of 10 ha of land owned or operated by a research establishment or a cooperator, or on a maximum of 20% of the total area of the crop under research, whichever is less, and (B) there is a reasonable expectation that the research will not increase occupational exposure above the level that is expected when the pest control product is used in accordance with its conditions of registration; and (c) in the case of research that involves the use of a semiochemical, (i) it does not involve aerial application, (ii) it does not involve the application of a pest control product to water, (iii) it does not involve the use of a pest control product in any of the following areas: (A) greenhouses, (B) residential areas, including lawns, gardens and parks, (C) industrial premises, and (D) food-handling areas, (iv) it does not involve the use of a pest control product for either (A) structural pest control, or (B) fumigation, (v) it does not involve the use of a pest control product that contains a formulant that is on Part 1 of the List of Pest Control Product Formulants and Contaminants of Health or Environmental Concern or a contaminant that is on Part 3 of that List, (vi) in the case of a pest control product that contains an unregistered active ingredient, other than an arthropod pheromone, the application of the product is carried out only by a researcher on a maximum of 5 ha of land owned or operated by a research establishment, (vii) in the case of a pest control product that contains a registered active ingredient, other than an arthropod pheromone, the application of the product is carried out by a researcher or cooperator on a maximum of 10 ha of land owned or operated by a research establishment or cooperator, and (viii) in the case of a pest control product that contains an active ingredient that is an arthropod pheromone, (A) the application of the product is carried out on a maximum of 100 ha of land