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List of Allowable Pesticides Regulations

made under Section 6 of the

Non-essential Pesticides Control Act

S.N.S. 2010, c. 6

N.S. Reg. 181/2010 (November 30, 2012, effective April 1, 2011)

amended to N.S. Reg. 112/2022 (effective June 7, 2022)

 

1     These regulations may be cited as the “List of Allowable Pesticides Regulations”.

 

2     The pesticides listed below are allowable pesticides for the purposes of the Non-essential Pesticides Control Act:

 

acetic acid

ammonium soaps of fatty acids

Aureobasidium pullulans strain DSM 14940

Aureobasidium pullulans strain DSM 14941

azadirachtin

Bacillus subtilis mbi 600

Bacillus subtilis qst 713

Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. galleriae Strain SDS-502

Bacillus thuringiensis tenebrionis

Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03

borax

boric acid

canola oil

capsaicin

castor oil

Citric Acid - (present as fermentation products of Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain R-11, Lactobacillus casei strain R215, Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris strain M11/CSL, Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis strain LL102/CSL, and Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis strain LL64/CSL)

copper as elemental (from picro cupric ammonium formate and tannate complex)

copper as elemental, present as copper oxychloride

copper as elemental, present as tribasic copper sulphate

copper, present as copper octanoate

corn gluten meal

dried blood

dried whole eggs

extract of Reynoutria sachalinensis

fatty acid

fish meal mixture

fish oil mixture

4-chloroindole-3-acetic acid (present as potassium salt)

garlic

hydrogen peroxide

iron (ferrous or ferric) phosphate

iron (ferrous or ferric) sodium

iron (ferrous or ferric) sulfate

iron, if present as FeHEDTA

Lactic Acid - (present as fermentation products of Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain R-11, Lactobacillus casei strain R215, Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris strain M11/CSL, Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis strain LL102/CSL, and Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis strain LL64/CSL)

lime sulphur or calcium polysulphide

liquid corn gluten

meat meal mixture

Metarhizium anisopliae strain F52

methyl-anthranilate

mineral oil

monosodium, dibasic sodium, potassium, or ammonium phosphites

nuclear polyhedrosis virus of douglas fir tussock moth

oil of black pepper

Phoma macrostoma strain 94-44B

piperine

Polyoxin D zinc salt

putrescent whole egg solid

pyrethrins; without the addition of piperonyl butoxide

Sclerotinia minor

silicon dioxide (diatomaceous earth)

soap (alkanolamine salts of fatty acid)

soap (potassium salts of fatty acid)

sodium chloride

spinosad

Streptomyces acidiscabies strain RL-110T and Thaxtomin A

sulphur

Typhula phacorriza strain 94671

Verticillium albo-atrum strain WCS850

wintergreen oil

 

 

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Legislative History
Reference Tables

List of Allowable Pesticides Regulations	N.S. Reg. 181/2010
Non-essential Pesticides Control Act
Note:  The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the List of Allowable Pesticides Regulations made under the Non-essential Pesticides Control Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue
181/2010	Apr 1, 2011	date specified	Dec 17, 2010
71/2012	Mar 15, 2017	date specified	Apr 6, 2012
277/2013	Jul 31, 2013	date specified	Aug 23, 2013
141/2017	Sep 25, 2017	date specified	Oct 13, 2017
84/2019	Jun 12, 2019	date specified	Jul 5, 2019
112/2022	Jun 7, 2022	date specified	Jun 17, 2022

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added am. = amended	fc. = fee change ra. = reassigned		rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected		How affected
2........................................................		am. 71/2012, 277/2013, 141/2017, 84/2019, 112/2022

Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

	Note	Effective date
1	Allowable pesticides in Section 2 of original text placed in alphabetical order for the purposes of this consolidation.

Repealed and Superseded

N.S. Regulation	Title	In force date	Repealed date

Note:  Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this table.  It may not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.

 

 

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