8(1)On seeking the advice of the Board or on the request of the Minister of Health, the Minister, may restrict or prohibit the sale, supplying or use of a pesticide and may impose any conditions with respect to the sale, supplying or use of the pesticide that the Minister considers necessary.

8(2)If the Minister has restricted or prohibited the sale, supplying or use of a pesticide under subsection (1), the Minister shall publish a notice of the restriction or prohibition in The Royal Gazette.

8(3)No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of section 9 committed before a notice is published in The Royal Gazette under subsection (2) unless it is proved that at the date of the alleged contravention reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the restriction or prohibition to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.

8(1)On seeking the advice of the Board or on the request of the Minister of Health, the Minister, may restrict or prohibit the sale, supplying or use of a pesticide and may impose any conditions with respect to the sale, supplying or use of the pesticide that the Minister considers necessary.

8(2)If the Minister has restricted or prohibited the sale, supplying or use of a pesticide under subsection (1), the Minister shall publish a notice of the restriction or prohibition in The Royal Gazette.

8(3)No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of section 9 committed before a notice is published in The Royal Gazette under subsection (2) unless it is proved that at the date of the alleged contravention reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the restriction or prohibition to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.