Bill 13 2025 - Hazardous Chemicals Bill 2025

[1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 1 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS BILL, 2025 (Bill No. 13 of 2025) EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF OBJECTS OF AND REASONS FOR THE BILL This Bill provides for the establishment of a legal and institutional framework for strengthening the management system of hazardous chemicals from the harmful effects of hazardous chemicals throughout their life cycle for the protection of human health and the environment. This Bill also domesticates Seychelles’ commitments under various chemical conventions, these are, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure on international trade on hazardous chemicals and the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Finally, the Bill repeals the Pesticides Control Act 1996. Dated this 27th day of June, 2025. FLAVIEN JOUBERT MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT ——————— [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 2 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS BILL, 2025 (Bill No. 13 of 2025) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTIONS PART I - PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement 2. Interpretation 3. Binding of Republic 4. Application PART II - ADMINISTRATION 5. Designation of Hazardous Chemicals Authority 6. Functions of Authority 7. Registrar for Hazardous Chemicals 8. Authorised officers 9. Functions of authorised officers 10. Appointment of analysts and authorised laboratories 11. Establishment of Hazardous Chemicals and Hazardous Waste Platform 12. Functions of Hazardous Chemicals and Hazardous Waste Platform 13. Meetings of Platform 14. Establishment of technical or advisory committees PART III - HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT 15. Prohibited hazardous chemicals and products 16. Controlled hazardous chemicals and products 17. Import for research or emergency purposes 18. Review of hazardous chemicals and products in Second Schedule 19. Export of hazardous waste PART IV - HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS 20. Scheduled operations 21. Prohibition of using hazardous chemicals or products near water source 22. Reporting of incidents 23. Prohibition on use of odourless hazardous chemicals or products 24. Minimum standards for transport and storage 25. Labelling 26. Storage, disposal and treatment of hazardous waste or products 27. Sale or use of expired hazardous chemicals and products [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 3 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL PART V - ENFORCEMENT 28. Enforcement notices PART VI– INSPECTIONS 29. Powers of entry, search and seizure 30. Power to stop and search conveyances 31. Duties and protection of authorised officers PART VII - MISCELLANEOUS 32. Appeals 33. Designated entry point 34. Appointment of Analysts and Authorised Laboratories 35. Confidentiality of data 36. Chemical accidents and incidents 37. Liability 38. Offences 39. Regulations 40. Act to prevail over other written law 41. Repeal 42. Savings [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 4 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS BILL, 2025 (Bill No. 13 of 2025) A BILL FOR AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ALL HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND THEIR REGULATION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ACCORDING TO THEIR LEVEL OF HAZARD; TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RELATED HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL CONVENTIONS AND AGREEMENTS SEYCHELLES IS PARTY TO, IN PARTICULAR THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS, THE BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND THEIR DISPOSAL, THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION ON THE PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT PROCEDURE ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE ON HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND THE MINAMATA CONVENTION ON MERCURY; FOR ANY OTHER CONNECTED OR INCIDENTAL MATTERS. ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly. PART I - PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement 1. This Act may be cited as the Hazardous Chemicals Act 2025 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 5 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Interpretation 2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires — “active ingredient” means the part of the product that provides the hazardous chemical action; “advertising” means the promotion of the sale and use of hazardous chemicals by printed and electronic media, signs, displays, gifts, demonstration or word of mouth; “analytical standard” means reference material of high and defined purity used for the preparation of calibration standards in chemical analysis; “Appeals Board” means the Appeals Board established under section 32; “authorised officer” means an officer appointed by the Minister under section 8; “Authority” means the competent authority designated by the Minister in terms of section 5; “Basel Convention” means the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Waste and their Disposal, 1989, signed in Basel, Switzerland; “biocide” means a chemical substance or microorganism that can deter, render harmless, or exert a controlling effect on any harmful organism by chemical or biological means, used for the protection of humans, animals, materials, or articles against harmful organisms like pests or bacteria; “CAS number” means the Chemical Abstract Service number for chemicals as assigned by the American Chemical Society; “chemical substance” means any chemical element, product or preparation, and its compounds in the natural or manufactured state; [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 6 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL “container” means any object used to hold a hazardous chemical product; “controlled hazardous chemical” means a chemical specified in the Second Schedule; “controlled hazardous product” means a product containing, made with or designed for, a restricted hazardous chemical specified in the Second Schedule; “conveyance” means a ship, boat, road vehicle or other means of transport; “disposal” means any operation to recycle, neutralise, destroy or isolate hazardous waste, used containers and contaminated materials; “distribution” means the process by which hazardous chemicals are supplied through trade channels to local or international markets; “GHS” means the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, and is a system for standardising and harmonising the classification and labelling of chemicals; “hazard” means the inherent part of a substance, agent or situation having the potential to cause undesirable consequences, including causing adverse effects or damage to health, the environment or property; “hazardous chemical” means substances that exhibit any of the physical, health or environmental hazards listed in paragraph 3 of the Eighth Schedule of this Act; "hazardous waste" means hazardous waste or mixture of hazardous waste that exhibit any of the physical, health or environmental hazards listed in paragraph 3 of the Eighth Schedule of this Act; [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 7 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL “highly hazardous pesticides” means pesticides which present particularly high levels of acute or chronic hazards to health or environment according to internationally accepted classification systems such as WHO or GHS or their listing in relevant binding international agreements or conventions, and that appear to cause severe or irreversible harm to health or the environment; “label” means the written, printed or graphic matter on, or attached to, the hazardous chemical or the immediate container thereof and to the outside container or wrapper of the retail package of the hazardous chemical; “life cycle” means all the stages a hazardous chemical might pass through from production to its degradation in the environment after use, or its destruction as an unused product, and includes the manufacture, formulation, packaging, distribution, storage, transport, use, and final disposal of a hazardous chemical product or its container; “manufacture” means to prepare, compound, formulate, mix, make, pack, re-pack, label, or otherwise treat the hazardous chemical with a view to its sale, but does not include the carrying on of a bona fide research or experiment relating to a hazardous chemical; “maximum residue limit” means the maximum concentration of a residue that is legally permitted or recognised as acceptable in or on a food or agricultural commodity or animal feedstuff; “mercury” means elemental mercury Hg CAS N0:7439-97-6; “Minamata Convention” means the Minamata Convention on Mercury, 2013 signed at Kumamoto, Japan; “Minister” means the Minister responsible for environment, and “Ministry” shall be construed accordingly; [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 8 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL "mixture" means any mixture of two or more chemical substances in a solid, liquid or gaseous state; “packaging” means the container together with the protective wrapping used to carry hazardous chemical products via wholesale or retail distribution to users; “pest” means any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic agent injurious to plants and plant products, materials or environments and includes vectors of parasites or pathogens of human and animal disease and animals causing public health nuisance; “Pest Control Operator” means any person or company that applies pesticides as a profession; “pesticide” means any substance, or mixture of substances of chemical or biological ingredients intended for repelling, destroying or controlling any pest, or regulating plant growth; “Platform” means the Hazardous Chemicals & Hazardous Waste Platform established under section 11; “prohibited hazardous chemical” means a chemical specified in the First Schedule; “prohibited hazardous product” means a product containing, made with or designed for a prohibited hazardous chemical specified in the First Schedule; “registration” means the process taken by the Authority to approve the sale and use of a hazardous chemical or product following the evaluation of scientific data aimed at demonstrating that the product is effective for its intended purposes and does not pose an unacceptable risk to human, plant or animal health or the environment under the conditions of use in the country or region; “Registrar” means the Registrar for Hazardous Chemicals appointed under section 7; [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 9 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL “scheduled operation” means an operation listed under the Seventh Schedule; “Seychelles Fire and Rescue Services Agency” means the Seychelles Fire and Rescue Services Agency established under section 3 of the the Seychelles Fire and Rescue Services Agency Act 2010; “standard scale” means the standard scale of fines for offences established under the Criminal Offences (Standard Scale of Fines) Act, 2021; “Stockholm Convention” means the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 2001, signed in Stockholm, Sweden to which Seychelles is a party; “toxicity” means a physiological or biological property which determines the capacity of a chemical to do harm or produce injury to a living organism by other than mechanical means; “transboundary” in relation to movement, means any movement of hazardous waste or other waste from an area under the national jurisdiction of one State to or through an area under the national jurisdiction of another State, or to or through an area not under the national jurisdiction of any State, provided at least two States are involved in the movement. Binding of Republic 3. This Act binds the Republic. Application 4.(1) This Act applies to the life cycle of hazardous chemicals, from registration, production, import or export, distribution, storage, and applies to disposal, and applies to all chemicals used within the country, covering agricultural, veterinary, public health, household and industrial chemicals, including substances, mixtures, products containing such chemicals. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 10 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (2) The Act shall not apply to — (a) controlled, harmful or dangerous drugs as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act, 2016; (b) explosives as defined in the Explosives Act, 1966 (CAP 77) (c) firearms and ammunition as defined in the Firearms and Ammunition Act, 1973 (CAP 80); (d) petroleum as defined under the Petroleum Act, 1950 (CAP 165), except for the labelling and transportation of petroleum; (e) pharmaceutical products as defined in the Pharmacy Act, 1899, last amended 1976 (CAP 169)); (f) radioactive and nuclear materials and waste and their disposal as defined in the Radiation Safety and Security Act, 2014; (g) minerals as defined under the Minerals Act, 1962 (CAP 129); (h) biohazards and disposal of medical waste as provided for under the Public Health Act, 2015; (i) chemical weapons as defined under the Chemical Weapons Convention, 1997; (j) prepared, processed or cooked foodstuff; (k) manufactured cosmetics; (l) biological agents, other than biological agents used as pesticides; and (m) veterinary drugs. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 11 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL PART II- ADMINISTRATION Designation of Hazardous Chemicals Authority 5.(1) The Minister shall designate by notice published in the Gazette, a competent authority to be the Hazardous Chemicals Authority, to administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this Act; (2) The Minister may delegate certain powers or functions to specified Ministries or agencies for the implementation of specific provisions of this Act. Functions of Authority 6. The functions of the Authority under this Act, shall be to — (a) develop and implement national action plans to comply with the provisions of the Stockholm and Minamata Convention on Mercury; (b) receive, process, approve, refuse or revoke applications for the importation and use of hazardous chemicals, and the transboundary movement of hazardous waste under the Act; (c) conduct regular inspections and audits of facilities to ensure compliance with this Act; (d) prepare and publish an annual report on the state of hazardous chemicals in the country, including its import, use and export, and request an annual declaration of stocks from importers, and users; (e) submit recommendations to the Minister on the development of relevant hazardous chemical legislation, policies, guidelines and procedures for the environmentally sound management of chemicals and hazardous waste in the Seychelles, including standards [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 12 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL for the use, application, storage, and transport of such chemicals and waste whilst promoting and supporting the transition to safer alternatives; (f) create and maintain a national register of hazardous chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors, retailers, users and exporters, and those involved in chemical waste disposal; (g) ensure coordination and cooperation amongst law enforcement agencies, government departments, and other institutions for the effective management of hazardous chemicals based on new scientific findings and technological advancements; (h) disseminate to other law enforcement agencies and public departments, private organisations and civil society information relating to hazardous chemicals; (i) collect, analyse and evaluate chemical data to assess trends, including establishing baseline data on levels of hazardous chemicals in air, water, soil and biota, tracking emissions and releases from various sources; (j) develop and enhance skills and knowledge of stakeholders involved in hazardous chemical management and conduct public awareness campaigns to educate communities about the dangers of hazardous chemicals and promote safe practices; (k) promote the minimisation of waste by promoting recycling and cleaner technology to protect the environment from hazardous substances; (l) liase, through the appropriate channels, with other countries and international organisations regarding matters related to hazardous chemicals; (m) develop and endorse criteria, standards and safeguards for the safe management of hazardous chemicals and hazardous waste; [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 13 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (n) review national reporting of chemical conventions that Seychelles is signatory to, and encourage and review research on hazardous chemicals; (o) perform all functions and duties designated to it generally by and under this Act. Registrar for Hazardous Chemicals 7. (1) The Minister shall appoint a Registrar for Hazardous Chemicals. (2) The Registrar shall carry out such functions and duties as may be assigned by the Authority and Minister for the implementation of this Act. (3) The Registrar shall keep and maintain in such form as the Minister may determine — (a) a Register of authorisations granted under the Act; (b) a register of persons engaged in the manufacture, production, import, export, distribution, sale, storage, and application of hazardous chemicals and products, including pest control operators, and in hazardous waste disposal; (c) such other registers as may be prescribed under the Act. (4) All registers under this section shall be made publicly available in both hardcopy and on the Authority's official website, free of charge. Authorised Officers 8. (1) The Minister may, appoint authorised officers to assist in the implementation of this Act. (2) An authorised officer shall perform the functions assigned to him or her, and have the powers conferred to him or her by or under this Act. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 14 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (3) The Minister shall cause to be issued to every authorised officer appointed under subsection (1) an identification badge of the officer's authority to act as such officer. (4) An authorised officer shall, during the performance of the officer's functions, produce the identification badge of authority issued under subsection (3). (5) The Authority shall produce and implement a standard operations manual for authorised officers appointed under subsection (1). (6) All authorized officers shall be under the supervision and instruction of the Registrar. Functions of authorised officers 9. (1) An authorised officer shall — (a) determine whether provisions of this Act have been complied with by the public and registered persons; (b) monitor the activities being conducted on any premises or in any conveyances; (c) conduct tests related to air, soil, and water in line with prescribed standards; (d) examine and verify licenses and permits issued by the Authority under this Act; (e) issue enforcement notices under section 28; and (f) perform of any of the other functions assigned by or under this Act; [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 15 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Appointment of analysts and authorised laboratories 10. (1) The Minister may by Notice in the Gazette appoint such competent persons as he or she considers necessary, to be analysts under this Act. (2) The Minister may by Notice in the Gazette appoint one or more laboratories as authorised laboratories under the Act. Establishment of Hazardous Chemicals and Hazardous Waste Platform 11.(1) There is hereby established the Hazardous Chemicals and Hazardous Waste Platform consisting of the following members — (a) a representative of the Authority nominated by the Minister responsible for environment, who shall be the chairperson of the Platform; (b) a representative of the Ministry responsible for agriculture nominated by the Minister responsible for agriculture; (c) a representative of the Ministry responsible for health, nominated by the Minister responsible for health; (d) a representative of the Ministry responsible for risk and disaster management, nominated by the Minister responsible for risk and disaster management; (e) a representative of the Ministry responsible for science and technology, nominated by the Minister responsible for science and technology; (f) a representative of the Customs Authority nominated by the Minister responsible for customs; (g) a representative of the Seychelles Fire and Rescue Services Agency, nominated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency; [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 16 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (h) a representative of the Landscape and Waste Management Agency nominated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency; (i) a representative of the Public Utilities Corporation nominated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation; (j) a representative of the Seychelles Bureau of Standards nominated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Bureau; (k) a representative of the Seychelles Petroleum Company nominated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company; (l) a representative of the business sector involved in hazardous chemical import and use, nominated by the Chairperson of the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and (m) a representative of the Citizens Engagement Platform, nominated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Platform. (2) The Registrar shall be the secretary of the Platform and shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the Platform, and perform such other functions as may be assigned to the Registrar by the Platform and the Authority. (3) The Minister shall publish in the Gazette the names of the members of the Platform constituted under subsection (1) and the members shall hold office for a period of two years from the date of publication of the Notice. (4) In the case of a vacancy in the membership of the Platform, other than on expiration of the term of office, the Minister who nominated the member who vacated membership shall nominate another person to fill the vacancy and on the publication in the Gazette of the name of the person so nominated, the person shall hold office for the unexpired period of membership of the member who vacated membership. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 17 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (5) A member of the Platform who is directly or indirectly interested in any matter which falls to be considered by the Platform shall disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting of the Platform and shall not, except with the consent of the Platform, take part in any deliberation or decision of the Platform with respect to that matter. Functions of Hazards Chemicals and Hazardous Waste Platform 12. The Platform shall — (a) advise, support, and make recommendations to the Minister and the Authority on legislation, policies, strategic actions, and standards for the sound management of hazardous chemicals and hazardous waste in the country, including the implementation of bilateral, international conventions and agreements relating to hazardous chemicals and hazardous waste; (b) to recommend to the Authority any hazardous chemicals according to their toxicity into prohibited or controlled categories, for consideration to be added on any listed under the Schedules; (c) to recommend to the Authority any review of scientific literature on emergent and locally available hazardous or potentially hazardous chemicals for inclusion in the Schedules to the Act; (d) recommend to the Authority a quota for the importation of hazardous chemicals and products into the country; (e) advise the Minister, the Authority on any hazardous chemical- related issues, and on any matter pertaining to this Act. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 18 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Meetings of Platform 13.(1) The Chairperson shall preside over all meetings of the Platform that he or she attends and shall be the only non-voting member of the Platform unless there is an impasse. (2) In the absence of the Chairperson, a member elected by the members present at the meeting, shall preside at a meeting of the Platform. (3) The Platform shall meet not less than once every three months and at such other time as the Chairperson may determine. (4) Two-thirds of the members of the Platform shall constitute a quorum for any meeting of the Platform. (5) Subject to this Act, the Platform shall regulate its own proceedings. (6) The Platform may invite any person to attend its meetings and participate in its deliberations only on matters that do not involve confidential information, approvals of registration, licence or permit as well as on matters where they do not have a conflict of interest: Provided that such persons shall have no right to vote on the matter to be decided by the Platform. (7) The Platform may assign any matter related to hazardous chemical management for review or research to any technical committee or advisory committee established under section 14, or any institution or persons with expertise in hazardous chemical matters for decision-making: Provided that such committees, institutions or individuals shall not have any conflict of interest on the matter assigned by the Platform. Establishment of technical or advisory committees 14. (1) The Platform may establish scientific committees or technical working groups to assist the Platform and the Authority in the efficient performance and discharge of their functions under this Act. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 19 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (2) The Platform may vest the committees or working groups established under subsection (1) with such terms of reference or directive as the Platform considers appropriate. (3) Any scientific committee or technical working group established under subsection (1) shall appoint its chairperson and vice chairperson and shall regulate its own proceedings. PART III - HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT Prohibited hazardous chemicals and products 15.(1) No person shall produce, manufacture, formulate, import, export, sell, offer for sale, purchase, give, use, apply, transport, store, or carry in transit a prohibited hazardous chemical or product listed in the First Schedule. (2) Any person who produces, manufactures, imports, exports, sells, offers for sale, purchases, gives, uses, applies, transports, stores, or carries in transit a prohibited chemical or product listed in the First Schedule, is guilty of an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. (3) In addition to the penalty in subsection (2), any person who imports a prohibited chemical or product listed in the First Schedule of the Act shall be liable for the cost of reshipment of the chemical or product to the country of import. Controlled Hazardous Chemicals and Products 16.(1) No person shall, without a permit from the Authority, produce, manufacture, formulate, import, export, sell, offer for sale, purchase, give, use, apply, transport, store or carry in transit a controlled hazardous chemical or product listed in the Second Schedule. (2) Pursuant to subsection (1) any person requiring a permit must make an application to the Authority as may be prescribed — [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 20 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (a) for the importation, production, manufacture, formulation, export, sale, offer for sale, purchase, giving, use, application, transport, storage or carrying in transit of a controlled hazardous chemical or product listed in the Second Schedule using the form prescribed in the Third Schedule; (b) any application made under paragraph (a) shall be accompanied by the prescribed application fee and a Safety Data Sheet as specified in the Fourth Schedule. (3) In considering an application for a permit under subsection (2), the Authority shall take into account any risk to human, plant and animal health and the environment. (4) The Authority may, upon an application made to it under subsection (2), grant a permit to a person to produce, manufacture, formulate, import, export, sell, offer for sale, purchase, give, use, apply, transport, store, or carry in transit a controlled hazardous chemical or product listed in the Second Schedule of the Act using the certificate prescribed in the Fifth Schedule for such period, and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the permit. (5) The Authority may, at any time, modify or revoke a permit granted under subsection (4) — (a) if there is a breach of any condition of the authorisation; or (b) if there is a risk to human, animal or plant health, or to the environment; or (c) if the application on which the authorisation has been granted under subsection (2) contains a misrepresentation of a material fact. (6) Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false or misleading statement in submitting an application under subsection (2) and who contravenes subsections (1) or (6) commits an offence and shall upon conviction [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 21 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL be liable to a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. (7) The Registrar shall keep a Register of all permit granted under subsection (4). Import for research or emergency purposes 17.(1) An application to import a hazardous chemical or product for research or emergency purposes shall be made to the Authority using the form prescribed in the Third Schedule, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed application fee, and a Safety Data Sheet as specified in the Fourth Schedule. (2) Upon receipt of the application under subsection (1), the Authority may, if it is satisfied that the hazardous chemical or product desired to be imported is intended solely for research purposes or is necessary and suitable to address an emergency, issue to the applicant an authorisation using the certificate prescribed in the Fifth Schedule for such period, and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the authorisation. (3) Each authorisation granted under subsection (2) shall be for the importation of one consignment only. (4) The Authority may by notice in writing vary or revoke an authorisation granted under subsection (2). (5) The Registrar shall keep a register of all hazardous chemicals and products imported for research or emergency purposes under subsection (2). (6) Any person who fails to submit an application or knowingly or recklessly makes a false or misleading statement in submitting an application under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 22 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Review of hazardous chemicals and products in Second Schedule 18.(1) The Authority may, in consultation with the Platform, and in considering new information about any health or environmental effects linked to any controlled hazardous chemical or product listed in the Second Schedule or product, review the status of the hazardous chemical or product. (2) Where the Authority finds that there is an unacceptable risk to human health, animal and plant health and to the environment in conducting its review under subsection (1), the Authority shall repeal the controlled hazardous chemical from the Second Schedule and prescribe it under the First Schedule. Export of hazardous waste 19 . (1) No person shall export hazardous waste from Seychelles without authorisation of the Authority. (2) An application for export shall be made to the Authority using the form prescribed in the Third Schedule accompanied by the prescribed application fee and prescribed documents including a certified copy of a contractual agreement between the exporter and importer, outlining the terms and conditions of the shipment. (3) The Authority may, upon an application made to it under subsection (2), grant an authorisation using the form prescribed in the Fifth Schedule for such period and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the authorisation. (4) Any person authorised to export hazardous waste under subsection (3) shall notify the competent authorities of importing country and obtain the prior written consent of the importing country. (5) All export of hazardous waste shall be accompanied by a notification movement document as specified in the Sixth Schedule. (6) Each authorisation granted under subsection (3) shall be for the importation of one consignment only. (7) The following shall be applicable — [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 23 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (a) in cases where the export of the hazardous waste shipment cannot be completed as foreseen, the exporter shall re-import the waste subject to authorisation from the Authority. (b) Any person who imports hazardous waste into the country shall be responsible for its re-export, in accordance with export and prior informed consent procedures. (2) A person who contravenes any provisions of this section commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. PART IV - HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS Scheduled operations 20.(1) No person shall, as a trade or business, engage or employ any other person to engage in a scheduled operation as specified under the Seventh Schedule unless the person or the other person — (a) in the case of an individual, is the holder of a certificate of competence, as verified and approved by the Authority in the form and manner as the Authority may determine, to engage in the scheduled operations; (b) in the case of a corporate body, has in its employment persons who are the holders of a certificate of competence referred to in paragraph (a). (2) Any certificate of competence verified and approved by the Authority under subsection (1) shall be valid for a period of three years. (3) Any person engaged in any scheduled operation, whether as a trade or business or otherwise, shall, while so engaged, wear appropriate [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 24 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL protective clothing, to prevent absorption of hazardous chemicals by skin or eye contact, inhalation or ingestion. (4) Any person engaged in any scheduled operation, whether as a trade or business or otherwise, shall undergo medical testing before commencing such operation and regular subsequent testing as may be determined by the Authority. (5) Any person engaged in — (a) the scheduled operation of spraying any ground crop, tree, bushes or climbing plants with a pesticide, other than a household biocide; or (b) any such operation where a household biocide exceeding two hundred and fifty grammes or one litre is being used or dealt with, within an open area shall display in a conspicuous place in that area a notice — (i) stating that the scheduled operation is being carried on in that area; and (ii) prohibiting access to that area of any unauthorised person within the period specified in the notice. (6) The following shall be complied with — (a) any person engaged in a scheduled operation shall be registered with the Authority in a manner to be prescribed and shall be given a registration number by the Authority. (b) after registration under paragraph (a), such person shall obtain the relevant permit or licence, subject to conditions required by the Authority within six months of the coming into force of this Act. (7) Pesticides other than household biocide shall only be sold to pest control operators registered and licenced under subsection (6). [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 25 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Prohibition of using hazardous chemicals or products near water source 21. No person shall mix or pour or use any hazardous chemicals or products on an open ground within fifteen metres of a water course. Reporting of incidents 22. Any person who mixes or pours any hazardous chemicals shall take precautions to prevent spillage of the chemical and shall immediately notify the Authority of any incidents of pollution of water, air, soil or sub-soil. Prohibition on use of odourless hazardous chemicals or products 23.(1) No person shall import, possess or use odourless hazardous chemicals or products except in accordance with a specific authorisation issued by the Authority. (2) When issuing an authorisation under subsection (1) the Authority shall — (a) take into consideration the type of hazardous chemical or product and whether the manner it will be used merits the use of an odourless hazardous chemical or products; and (b) issue the authorisation with such conditions as may be necessary, including taking necessary precautions and giving warnings to the public before use. Minimum standards for transport and storage 24.(1) The Minister shall prescribe minimum standards for — (a) the transport and premises for the sale or storage of hazardous chemicals and products, including petroleum; [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 26 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (a) the packaging, handling, transport, segregation, and safe storage of hazardous waste. (2) No person shall — (a) sell, store or transport any hazardous chemical or products; (b) handle, segregate, store or transport any hazardous waste within, to, from and through Seychelles except in accordance with an authorisation granted by the Authority, and prescribed standards. (3) In terms of this section — (a) an application under subsection (2) shall be made using the form prescribed in the Third Schedule, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed application fee, and a Safety Data Sheet as specified in the Fourth Schedule; (b) persons already engaged in the sale, storage and transportation of hazardous chemical and chemical waste shall apply for an authorisation under subsection (2) within six months of the coming into force of this Act; (c) The Authority may, upon an application made to it under subsections (3)(a) and (b), issue to the applicant an authorisation using the certificate prescribed in the Fifth Schedule for such period, and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the authorisation. (4) Any facility used for — (a) the sale of hazardous chemicals or products; or [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 27 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (a) the storage of hazardous chemicals or products, or hazardous waste; shall display on the premises the authorisation granted for the sale or storage, a hazard signage with specifications as detailed in the Eighth Schedule, and a Safety Data Sheet as specified in the Fourth Schedule. Such facility shall be kept under lock and key at all times. (5) All hazardous waste shall be stored in appropriately designated labelled containers in accordance with section 25 to prevent spills and leakage. (6) No person shall transport any hazardous chemical, container or material contaminated with such chemicals, in the same vehicle as food, feedstuffs, or animals in a manner other than so authorised. (7) Any vehicle used for the transport of any hazardous waste, container or material contaminated with such chemicals, shall keep in the said vehicle the authorisation granted for the transport, a hazard signage with specifications as detailed in the Eighth Schedule, and a Safety Data Sheet as specified in the Fourth Schedule. Labelling 25.(1) The labelling of hazardous chemicals and products, and hazardous waste shall be according to the Global Harmonised System for classification and labelling. (2) A label depending on the category of the hazard shall contain the elements specified in the Eighth Schedule. (3) The label shall be displayed on the product in a manner to ensure that it is easily visible. (4) No person shall sell, offer for sale, store or give to any person a hazardous chemical or product package unless it bears a label which complies with the labelling requirements in the Eighth Schedule. (5) No person shall sell or store for sale a pesticide that is misbranded or is not for the time being registered under this Act. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 28 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (6) For the purposes of this section, a hazardous chemical shall be deemed to be misbranded if — (a) it is not packed or labelled in the prescribed manner; (b) its label contains a statement, design, or graphic representation relating to the hazardous chemical that is false or misleading in any material particular, or if its package is otherwise deceptive in respect of the contents of the package; (c) it is an imitation, or is sold under the name, of another hazardous chemical; (d) it is substandard; (e) it has a toxicity that is different from that claimed for it; (f) it is mixed or packed with a substance which may subsequently alter its original nature or quality; or (g) it contains a substance other than the substance or substances that it is claimed to contain. Storage, disposal and treatment of hazardous waste or product 26.(1) No person shall dispose of any hazardous waste except as prescribed by the Authority. (2) The Minister shall designate sites and facilities for the storage and disposal of hazardous waste by Notice in the Gazette. (3) The Minister shall prescribe approved methods for the disposal of hazardous waste, including the use of advanced treatment technologies to neutralize or detoxify hazardous waste before disposal, incineration, stabilisation and secure landfilling. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 29 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (2) All sites and facilities designated under subsection (2) shall put in place emergency response plans to address spills, leaks, or other emergencies. (3) The Authority shall conduct regular inspections of designated sites and facilities to ensure compliance with safety standards. Sale or use of expired hazardous chemicals and products 27. No person shall sell or use expired hazardous chemicals or products. PART V - ENFORCEMENT Enforcement notices 28.(1) Where the Authority is of the opinion that a person is contravening or is likely to contravene any provisions of this Act, the Authority may cause an enforcement notice to be served on the person. (2) An enforcement notice issued under subsection (1) shall — (a) state that the Authority is of the said opinion and specify the provision of the Act alleged to be contravened or likely to be contravened; (b) specify the matter constituting the contravention or matter making it likely that the contravention will arise, as the case may be; (c) specify the measures that shall be taken to remedy the contravention or eliminate the likelihood of a contravention as the case may be; and [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 30 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (a) specify the period within which the measures under paragraph (c) shall be implemented. (3) The Authority may amend an enforcement notice, by causing to be served on the person affected, a variation notice which shall — (a) refer to the enforcement notice being amended; (b) specify the amendment to the enforcement notice and the variation notice shall supersede the enforcement notice to which it refers to the extent of the amendment. (4) The Authority may withdraw an enforcement or variation notice where it is satisfied that the measures required to be taken in the enforcement notice have been implemented; (5) A person aggrieved by a notice issued under this section may appeal to the Appeals Board in the prescribed manner and the Committee may affirm, vary or revoke the notice. (6) Any person who fails to comply with a notice served under this section commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. PART VI - INSPECTIONS Powers of entry, search and seizure 29. An authorised officer may, at all reasonable times and upon giving reasonable notice to the owner or occupier of the premises, enter any premises where a hazardous chemical is or may reasonably be supposed to be kept or stored and, with such assistance as the officer considers necessary may — (a) examine and take samples of any substance found in the place and reasonably believed to be or to contain a hazardous chemical; [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 31 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (a) require the production of, inspect, make copies of, or take extracts from, any book or record relating or reasonably believed to relate to any dealing in or with hazardous chemicals and kept or found in the place and may, if he or she has reason to believe that it may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act, seize the book or record; (b) seize, detain, or remove any substance or product found in any premises that is reasonably believed to be or to contain a hazardous chemical in respect of which an offence under this Act is being or has been committed, and mark, seal, or otherwise secure the substance or product to effect seizure, detention, or removal thereof. Power to stop and search conveyances 30.(1) If an authorised officer has reasonable suspicion that a conveyance is carrying a hazardous chemical or product in contravention of this Act, he or she may stop and examine the conveyance and seize any hazardous chemical or product found therein in respect of which the contravention or offence is suspected to be or to have been committed and any book or document that is reasonably believed to furnish evidence of the contravention or of the commission of the offence. (2) The person in control or in charge of the conveyance shall, if required to do so by the authorised officer — (a) stop the conveyance and allow the authorised officer to examine it; and (b) open all parts of the conveyance for examination and take all measures to enable or facilitate the carrying out of such examination as the authorised officer considers necessary. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 32 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Duties and protection of authorised officers 31.(1) No person shall prohibit an authorised officer from entering any premises pursuant to section 29 or entering a conveyance in terms of section 30 and shall render all necessary assistance to such officer in the performance of his or her duties under this Act. (2) Any person who willfully delays, obstructs, assaults, insults, abuses, misleads, bribes, threatens, an authorised officer in the performance of his or her functions under this Act, commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both fine and imprisonment. (3) In the performance of his or her functions and duties under this Act, an authorised officer who — (a) fails without reasonable excuse to perform any of his or her duties under this Act; (b) except for the purposes of this Act, discloses information of a confidential or commercial nature which has come into the officer's knowledge while performing his or her functions under the Act; (c) willfully intimidates or assaults any person; (d) solicits or accepts a gift or bribe;

and (e) knowingly or recklessly makes a false or misleading statement or issues a false or misleading document commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 33 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL PART VII - MISCELLANEOUS Appeals 32. Any person aggrieved by a decision made under this Act may appeal in writing to the Appeals Board established under the Environment Protection Act, 2016. Designated entry point 33.(1) No person shall import or export a hazardous chemical or product by air, sea or courier except at an entry point designated by notice in the Ninth Schedule or as designated by the Minister by Notice published in the Gazette. (2) A person who imports or exports a hazardous chemical or product shall declare and offer for inspection the said chemical or product at the time of import or export to an officer authorised under a written law to inspect goods being imported or exported. Confidentiality of data 34. Members of the Platform, the Authority and the Registrar shall treat the information received during the course of dispensing their duties under this Act as confidential and shall not release any such information to any third party, except as required by law or judicial order. Memoranda of Understanding 35. The Authority, may enter into memoranda of understanding or agreements with other institutions or organisations to enhance cooperation in hazardous chemical management. Chemical accidents and incidents 36.(1) Whenever hazardous chemical-related accidents occur, including loss of human life and personal injury, significant spills, leakages or accidents during transport or storage of such chemicals, it shall be the responsibility of those involved to immediately report the incident to the matter to the Seychelles Fire & Rescue Services Agency and the Authority. (2) The Seychelles Fire & Rescue Services Agency and the Platform shall carry out an investigation and report the findings to the Minister. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 34 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (3) A person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years or both. Liability 37. No member of the Platform, the Authority or an authorised officer or the Registrar shall be held liable for any act which done in good faith in the course of his or her duties in accordance with this Act. Offences 38.(1) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 33 commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years or both. (2) Any person found guilty of any offence under this Act resulting in the pollution of soil, air or water shall additionally be liable to pay for remediation costs. Regulations 39. (1) The Minister shall, after consulting the Authority and other relevant Ministers, make Regulations to — (a) comply with Seychelles' obligations under bilateral and multilateral treaties, conventions or agreements on hazardous chemicals and products and hazardous waste; (b) prescribe the procedure to be followed and the forms to be used in making applications under this Act and the fees payable therefor; [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 35 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL (c) provide for matters related to registration, licensing and the issue of permits; (d) amend any Schedule to this Act; (e) prescribe the standards and procedures for labelling, packaging and transport hazardous chemicals and products, including petroleum; (f) prescribe the manner of storing, hazardous chemicals and products; (g) regulate the manner of using certain pesticides, including Highly Hazardous Pesticides and the precautions to be taken in respect thereof; (h) regulate the presence of pesticides in food; (i) prescribe the manner and procedure for testing and analysing samples under the Act; (j) regulate the advertising of hazardous chemicals and products; (k) regulate the export of hazardous chemicals and products, including the Prior Informed Consent procedure; (l) designate places of entry and exit where hazardous chemicals and products may be presented for inspection prior to entry into and exit from Seychelles; (m) regulate pest control operators; (n) prescribe health and safety measures for the protection, safety, and well-being of persons engaged in scheduled operations; (o) prescribe the procedure for the keeping of records and the submission of statistics and reports in respect of the [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 36 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL manufacture, import, export, storage sale or use of hazardous chemicals and products; (p) prescribe the procedure for the notification of cases or suspected cases of poisoning, intoxication, injury, illness or death of persons who have been exposed to hazardous chemicals and products; (q) the qualifications, duties and training of authorised officers; (r) the labelling and transportation of petroleum and petroleum products; (s) any other matter required to be prescribed under this Act. (2) The Minister may from time to time, after consultation with the Platform and the Authority, or on the advice of the Platform, by Regulations, amend the Schedules to the Act. (3) Regulations made under this section may provide that any person who contravenes any regulation commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. Act to prevail over other written law 40. Where there is any inconsistency between any provisions of this Act and any written law, the provisions of this Act shall apply. Repeal 41. The Pesticide Control Act, 1996 is hereby repealed. Savings 42. Notwithstanding the repeal of the Pesticides Act, 1996, all acts done, decisions taken, authorisations or permissions granted under and in accordance with the repealed Act shall continue to have effect in accordance with their terms or until amended, annulled or withdrawn in accordance with this Act. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 37 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL FIRST SCHEDULE [Section 15 (1)] PROHIBITED HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS Part I: Chemical Name CAS Number Agrochemicals Aldrin 309-00-2 Amitrole 61-82-5 Arsenic and Compounds 7440-38-2 Binapacryl 485-31-4 Bitertanol 55179-31-2 Campheclor 8001-35-2 Captafol 2425-06-1 Carbofuran 1563-66-2 Carbosulfan 55285-14-8 Chlordane 6164-98-3 Chlordecone 510-15-6 Chlordimeform 485-31-4 Chlorobenzilate 55179-31-2 Chloropicrin 76-06-2 Chlorthiophos 60238-56-4 Chlozolinate 84332-86-5 Maleic hydrazide 123-33-1 Cyhexatin 13121-70-5 Cyanazine 21725-46-2 D.D.T 50-29-3 1,2 Dibromoethane (EDB) 106-93-4 1,2 Dibromo-3- 96-12-8 chloropropane (DBCP) Demeton methyl 126-75-0 Demeton O and S 919-86-8 Dicrotophos 141-66-2 Dicofol 115-32-2 Dieldrin 60-57-1 Dimefox 115-26-4 Dinoseb and Dinoseb salts 88-85-7 (*) Dinoterb 1420-07-1 Disulfoton 298-04-4 DNOC and its salts 534-52-1 Endosulfan - Alpha and Beta 959-98-8 33213-65-9 [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 38 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Endrin 72-20-8 Ethylene dibromide 106-93-4 Ethylene dichloride 107-06-2 Ethylene oxide 75-21-8 Fensulfothion 115-90-2 Fentin acetate 900-95-8 Fentin hydroxide 76-87-9 Fluoroacetamide 640-19-7 Hexachlorocyclohexane 319-84-6 (HCH) (mixed isomers) 319-85-7 58-89-9 Heptachlor 76-44-8 Hexachlorobenzene 118-74-1 Hexachlorocyclohexane 319-84-6 (alpha & beta) 319-85-7 Kelevan 4234-79-1 Lead arsenate 7784-40-9 Leptophos 21609-90-5 Lindane 58-89-9 Mercury Compounds 99-99-9 Methamidophos 10265-92-6 Methazole 20354-26-1 Metoxychlor 72-43-5 Mevinphos 7786-34-7 Mirex 6923-22-4 Monocroptophos 188 1mg/kg 150-68-5 of free hydrazine Monuron 1836-75-5 Nitrofen 56-38-2 Parathion and methyl 20354-26-1 parathion Pentachlorophenol (PCP), its 87-86-5 salts and esters Pentachlorobenzene 608-93-5 Phorate 298-02-2 Phosphamidon 13171-21-6 Prothoate 298-02-2 [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 39 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Quintozene 82-68-8 Tetraethyl pyrophosphate 107-49-3 (TEPP) Tecnazene 117-18-0 Toxaphene 8001-35-2 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic 93-76-5 acid Schradan 152-16-9 Sodium fluoroacetate 62-74-8 Strobane 8001-50-1 Strychnine 57-24-9 Thallium and compounds 7440-28-0 Vinclozolin 50471-44-8 Vinyl chloride 75-01-4 Warfarin 81-81-2 Zineb 12122-67-7 2,4,5 Trichloropheno 95-95-4 Part II: Industrial Chemical Name CAS Number Chemicals Dimethylaminoazobenzene 60-11-7 Acetic Anhydride 108-24-7 Acetyl Chloride 75-36-5 2-Acetylaminofluorene 53-96-3 p-Aminoazobenzene 60-09-3 O-Aminoazotoluene 97-56-3 Aminobiphenyl and its salts 92-67-1 Asbestos Fibres Actinolite 77536-66-4 Asbestos Fibres Amosite 12172-73-5 Asbestos Fibres 77536-67-5 Anthophyllite Asbestos Fibres Crocidolite 12001-28-4 Asbestos Fibres Chrysotile 132207-32-0 Asbestos Fibres Tremolite 77536-68-6 Auramine 492-80-8 Benzidine and its salts 92-87-5 Benzotrichloride 98-07-7 Bis (2-chloroethyl) sulphide 505-60-2 Bis (chloroethyl) ether 111-44-4 Bis (Chloromethyl) ether 542-88-1 [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 40 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Carbon Tetrachloride 56-23-5 Chlornaphazine 494-03-1 Decabromodiphenylether 1163-19-5 Dechlorane plus 13560-89-9 2,4-Diaminoanisol 615-05-4 Diaminotoluene 95-80-7 1,2-Dibromo-3- 96-12-8 Chloropropane (DBCP) Dichlorobenzidine 91-94-1 1,2-Dichloroethane 107-06-2 Dioxins 1746-01-6 Dimethylnitrosamine 62-75-9 (DMNA) Ethyl Methyl Sulphonate 62-50-0 (EMS) Ethylene Dibromide (EDB) 106-93-4 Ethylene Thiourea 96-45-7 Ethylenimine 151-56-4 Furans 110-00-9 Hexabromobiphenyl 36355-01-8 Hexachlorobutadiene 87-68-3 (HCBD) Hexamethylphosphotriamide 680-31-9 (HMPA) Hexabromodiphenyl ether 36483-60-0 Heptabromodiphenyl ether 207122-16-5 Hexabromocyclododecane 3194-55-6 (HBCDD) Hydrazine 302-01-2 Lead – tetraethyl and 78-00-2 tetramethyl Methyl Chloromethyl Ether 107-30-2 Methyl Notrosourea 684-93-5 3-Methylcholanthrene 56-49-5 Methylenbis-O-chloraniline 101-14-4 Methylmethane Sulphonate 66-27-3 N,N'Diacetylbenzidine 613-35-4 Alpha-Naphthylamine 134-32-7 2-Naphtylamine and its salts 91-59-8 4-Nitrobiphenyl 92-93-3 [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 41 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL 2-Nitropropane 79-46-9 Pentachlorophenol, its salts 87-86-5 and Esters Pentabromodiphenyl ether 32534-81-9 Phenyl beta Naphthylamine 135-88-6 Polybrominated Bipenyls 67774-32-7 (PBBs) Polychlorinated Biphenyls 1336-36-3 (PCBs) Polychlorinated 70776-03-3 Naphthalenes (PCN) Polychlorinated Terphenyls 61788-33-8 (PCTs) Beta-Propiolactone 57-57-8 Propylene imine 75-55-8 2,3,7,8 - Tetrachlorodibenzo- 1746-01-6 p- dioxin (TCDD) Tetrabromodiphenyl ether 446254-23-5 O-Tolidine 119-93-7 O-Toluidine Hydrochloride 636-21-5 Short chain chlorinated 85535-84-8 paraffins (SCCPs) Tris (2,3 Dibromopropyl) 126-72-7 Phosphate Tris-(1-aziridinyl) phosphine 52-24-4 Sulphide Tributyltin compounds 1461-22-9 1983-10-4 2155-70-6, 24124-25-2 4342-36-3 56-35-9 85409-17-2 UV328 25973-55-1 [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 42 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL SECOND SCHEDULE [Section 16 (1)] CONTROLLED HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS Chemical Name Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its salts Perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF) Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Pesticides [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 43 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL THIRD SCHEDULE [Section 18(2), Section 17(1), Section 19(2)) or Section 24(3)] APPLICATION FORM HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ACT, 2025 [Section 18(2), Section 17(1), Section 19(2)) or Section 24(3)] PLEASE FILL IN DETAILS Applicant’s Name Applicant’s Business Address Registration Number Product Information: Chemical Name GHS Product Identifier Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid Yes / No (PFOS) and its salts Perfluorooctane sulfonyl Yes / No fluoride (PFOSF) Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid Yes / No (PFHxS) Perfluorooctanoic Acid Yes / No (PFOA) Pesticides Yes / No Waste Yes / No Purpose of Application Application of chemical Yes / No Carrying in Transit Yes / No Export Yes / No Formulation Yes / No Gift Yes / No Handling Yes / No Importation Yes / No Manufacture Yes / No Production Yes / No Purchase Yes / No Sale Yes / No Segregate Yes / No Storage Yes / No Transport Yes / No Use Yes / No Declaration I declare that the information provided in this application is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. Signature Date [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 44 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL FOURTH SCHEDULE [Section 18(2), Section 17(1), Section 24(3) or Section 24(4)] SAFETY DATA SHEET Hazardous Chemicals Act, 2025 [Section 18(2), Section 17(1), Section 24(3) or Section 24(4)] PLEASE FILL IN DETAILS Applicant’s Name Applicant’s Business Address Registration Number Product Identification GHS product identifier Supplier's details (including name, address, phone number) Emergency phone number Recommended use of the chemical and restrictions on use Hazard Identification GHS classification of the substance/mixture and any national or regional information GHS label elements, including precautionary statements Composition/Information on Ingredients Substance: Chemical Identity Common Name or synonyms CAS Number Impurities and stabilising additives which are themselves classified and which contribute to the classification of the substance [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 45 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Mixture: The chemical identity and concentration or concentration ranges of all ingredients which are hazardous within the meaning of the GHS and are present above their cutoff levels First Aid Measures Description of necessary measures, subdivided according to the different routes of exposure, i.e. inhalation, skin and eye contact, ingestion. Most important symptoms/effects, acute and delayed Indication of immediate medical attention and special treatment needed, if necessary Fire-Fighting Measures Suitable (and unsuitable) extinguishing media Specific hazards arising from the chemical (e.g., nature of any hazardous combustion products) Special protective equipment and precautions for firefighters Accidental Release Measures Personal precautions, protective equipment and emergency procedures Environmental precautions Methods and materials for containment and cleaning up Handling and Storage Precautions for safe handling Conditions for safe storage, including any incompatibilities Exposure Controls/Personal Protection Control parameters, e.g., occupational exposure limit values or biological limit values [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 46 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Appropriate engineering controls Individual protection measures, such as personal protective equipment Physical and Chemical Properties Appearance (physical state, colour, etc.) Odour Odour threshold pH Melting point/freezing point Initial boiling point and boiling range Flash point flammability (solid, gas) upper/lower flammability or explosive limits Vapour pressure Vapour density Relative density Solubility(ies) Partition coefficient: n-octanol/water Autoignition temperature Evaporation rate Decomposition temperature Stability and Reactivity Chemical stability Possibility of hazardous reactions Conditions to avoid (e.g., static discharge, shock or vibration) Incompatible materials Hazardous decomposition products Toxicological Information Concise but complete and comprehensible description of the various toxicological (health) effects and the available data used to identify those effects, including: Information on the likely routes of exposure (inhalation, ingestion, skin and eye contact) [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 47 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Symptoms related to the physical, chemical and toxicological characteristics Delayed and immediate effects and chronic effects from short- and long- term exposure Numerical measures of toxicity (such as acute toxicity estimates). Ecological Information Ecotoxicity (aquatic and terrestrial, where available) Persistence and degradability Bioaccumulative potential Mobility in soil Other adverse effects Disposal Considerations Description of waste residues and information on their safe handling and methods of disposal, including the disposal of any contaminated packaging. Transport Information UN Number UN Proper shipping name Transport Hazard class(es) Packing group, if applicable Marine pollutant (Yes/No) Special precautions which a user needs to be aware of or needs to comply with in connection with transport or conveyance either within or outside their premises. Regulatory Information Safety, health and environmental regulations specific for the product in question. Other Information Documentary proof that the hazardous chemical or product meets international specifications for hazardous chemicals, including FAO and WHO. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 48 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Documentary proof as to whether the hazardous chemical or product is banned or severely restricted in the country of origin for human, animal or plant health, or environmental reasons. Methods of analysing the hazardous chemical or product and of the authorities or source of information on which the statement is based. Reports of efficacy trials conducted in the country or under conditions similar to those in the country A sample of the proposed label A certificate of analysis stating the quality of the hazardous chemical or product from an accredited laboratory. A certified analytical standard of the active ingredient(s). Declaration I declare that the information provided in this application is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. Signature Date [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 49 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL FIFTH SCHEDULE [Sections 18(4), 17(2) 19(2) or 24(3)] CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL Hazardous Chemicals Act, 2025 This is to certify that [Name] of [Address] has submitted all required information for the hazardous chemical/product, in accordance with [Section 19(4), Section 20(2), Section 22(3), or Section 27(3)] of the Hazardous Chemicals Act, 2025. Approval is hereby granted to [State Relevant Use] the hazardous chemical/product, the particulars of which appear below : Active Ingredient: [Active Ingredient Details ] Classification: [Classification Details ] Place of Storage: [Place of Storage Details ] Use: [Use Details ] Quantity: [Quantity Details ] Hazard: [Hazard Details ] This authorisation is valid for [Duration] with effect from [Date] subject to the conditions stated on the reverse of this certificate . An import permit may be issued on the basis of this approval, subject to conditions required by the import permit issuing authority . Date Issued: ______________________________________ Certificate Number: __________________________________ Signature: __________________________________________ Hazardous Chemicals Registra r [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 50 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL SIXTH SCHEDULE [Section 19(5)] NOTIFICATION DOCUMENT FOR TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS/SHIPMENTS OF W ASTE 1. Exporter -notifier 3. Notification Registration No: No: Notification Name: conc erning Addres Multiple s: A.(i) Individual shipmen t: (ii) shipm ents :  B.(i) Disposal (1):  (ii) Recovery :  Contact C. Pre-con sented recovery facility Yes  No  person: (2;3) 4. Total intended number of Tel: Fax: shipments: E-mail: 5. Total intended quantity(4): 2. Importer -consignee Tonnes (Mg): Registratio n No: Name: m3: Addres 6. In tended period of time for shipment(s) (4): s: First departure: Last departure: Contact 7. Packaging type(s) person: (5): Special handling requirements Tel: Fax: Yes:  No:  (6): 11. Disposal / recovery operation(s) E-mail: (2) 8. Intended carrier(s) D-code / R-code Registration No: (5): Name( Technology 7): employed (6): Addres s: Contact Reason for export person: (1;6): Tel: Fax: E-mail: 12. Designation and composition of the waste(6): Means of transport (5): 9. Waste generator(s) -producer(s)(1;7;8) Registration No: Name : Addres s: 13. Physical characteristics (5): [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 51 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZET TE BILL Contact person: Tel: Fax: 14. Waste i dentification (fill in relevant codes) (i) Basel Annex VIII (or IX if E-mail: applicable): Site and p rocess of (ii) OECD code (if different from generation (6) (i)): (iii) EC list of wastes: 10. Disposal facility or recovery facility (iv) National code in country of (2):  (2):  export: Registration (v) National code in country of No: import: (vi) Other Name: (specify): Address: (vii) Y-code: (viii) H-code (5): Contact (ix) UN class (5): person: Tel: Fax: (x) UNNumber: (xi) UN Shipping E-mail: name: Actual site of (xii) Cus toms code(s) disposal/recovery: (HS): 15. (a) Countries/States concerned,(b) Code no. of competent authorities where applicable, (c) Specific points of exit or entry (border crossing or port) State of e xport -dispatch State (s)of transit (entry and exit) State of import -destination (a) (b) (c) 16.Custom s offices of en try and/or exit a nd/or export (Eur opean Communi ty): Entry Exit Expo : : rt: 17. Exporter's -notifier's / generator's -producer's (1)declaration: I certify that the information is comp lete and correct to my best knowledge. I also certify that legally enforceable written contractual obligations have been entered into and that any applicable insurance or other financial guarantee is or shall be in force covering the 18. Number of transboundary movement. Exporter's -notifier's annexes Date: Signature: name: attached [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 52 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Generator's -producer's Date: Signature: nam e: FOR USE BY COMPETENT AUTHO RITIES 19. Acknowledgement from the relevant competent 20. Written consent (1;8) to the movement provided by the authorityof competent authority of countries of import -destination / transit (1)/ export - (country): dispatch(9): Consent given Country: on: Consent valid Notificatio n received on: from: Acknowledgement sent Specific on: conditions: Name of competent Name of a: authority: Stamp and/or sign ature: Stamp and/or signature: 21. Specific conditions on consenting to the movement document or reasons for objecting (1) Required by the Basel Convention (2) In the case of an R12/R 13 or D13-D15 operation, also attach corresponding information on any subsequent R12/R13 or D13-D15 facilities and on the subsequent R1-R11 or D1-D12 facilit(y)ies when required (3) To be completed for movements within the OECD area and only if B(ii) applies (4) Attach detailed list if multiple shipments [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 53 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL SEVENTH SCHEDULE [Sections 20(1)] SCHEDULED OPERATIONS An operation of any one of the following descriptions in this Schedule is a scheduled operation - (a) O ffering the service of importation, storage, distribution and sale of chemicals with hazards listed in Eighth Schedule paragraph 3 GHS Classification of Hazards (b) O pening a package containing, or diluting, mixing or transferring from one container to another, any hazardous chemical other than a household biocide (c) W ashing or cleaning any spraying or other apparatus that has been used for spraying or applying a hazardous chemical other than a household biocide (d) P est control operators involved in spraying, fogging or applying a pesticide, other than a household biocide, on crop, trees, bushes or climbing plants or in or around a building (e) A ny single operation where a household biocide in excess of 250 grammes or 1 litre is being used or dealt with (f) M anufacturing of products using hazardous chemicals, including but not limited to paints and polyurethane foam (g) C hemical waste services offering the service of transport, treatment, recycling and or disposal of hazardous waste (h) O ffering the service of interim or final storage of hazardous chemicals EIGHTH SCHEDULE [Sections 24(4), 24(8),25(2), 25(4)] LABELLING Labelling Requirements Description 1. Product Identifier Name or code name of the hazardous chemical and CAS number. Names of active ingredients with its amount or percentage composition. Net weight or volume of the contents in the container. Description of use. Dates of packaging and expiry. 2. Manufacturer/Importer Name, address, contact details of the Information manufacturer, importer, supplier or packager of the chemical or product, and an emergency phone number if applicable. 3. GHS Classification of Hazards Description of physical, health, and environmental hazards associated with the substance. [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 54 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Classes of Physical Hazard Types Explosives Flammable gases Aerosols & chemicals under pressure Oxidizing gases Gasses under pressure Flammable liquids Flammable solids Self-reacting substances and mixtures Pyrophoric liquids Pyrophoric solids Self-heating substances and mixtures Substances and mixtures which on contact with water emit flammable gasses Oxidizing liquids Oxidizing solids Organic peroxides Corrosive to metals Desensitised explosives Classes of Health Hazard Types Acute Toxicity Skin corrosion / irritation Serious eye damage / eye irritation Respiratory or skin sensitisation Germ cell mutagenicity Carcinogenicity Reproductive toxicity Specific organ toxicity – single exposure Specific organ toxicity – repeated exposure Aspiration hazard Classes of Environmental Hazard Types Hazardous to the aquatic & terrestrial environment (acute and chronic) Hazardous to the ozone layer 4. Hazard Pictograms 4.1 GHS Pictograms and Hazard Classes [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 55 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL  Oxidizers  Flammables  Explosives  Self Reactives  Self Reactives  Pyrophorics  Organic Peroxides  Self-Heating  Emits Flammable Gas  Organic Peroxides  Acute toxicity  Corrosives  Gases Under (severe) Pressure  Carcinogen  Environmental  Irritant  Respiratory Toxicity  Dermal Sensitizer Sensitizer  Acute toxicity  Reproductive (harmful) Toxicity  Narcotic Effects  Target Organ  Respiratory Tract Toxicity [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 56 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL § Mutagenicity § Irritation § Aspiration Toxicity 4.2 Transport "Pictograms" in accordance with International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code  Flammable  Flammable S olid  Pyrophorics Liquid, Gas or Self-Reactive (Spontaneously Aerosol Substances Combustible) Self- Heating Substances  Substances, w hich  Oxidizing Ga ses  Explosive Div isions in contact with Oxidizing Liquids 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 water, emit Oxidizing Solids flammable gases (Dangerous When Wet)  Explosive  Explosive  Explosive Div ision Division 1.4 Division 1.5 1.6  Compressed Gases  Acute Toxici ty  Corrosive (Poison): Oral, Dermal, Inhalation  Marine Pollutant  Organic Pero xides [1st July 2025] Hazardous Chemicals 57 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Labelling Requirements Description 5. Signal Words Words like "Danger" or "Warning" to indicate the severity of the hazard. 6. Statement “KEEP LOCKED UP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN” shall be included on each label. 7. Hazard Statements Phrases that describe the nature and degree of the hazard, the recommended measure of prevention, response, storage and disposal. 8. Precautionary Statements Instructions on how to minimise or prevent adverse effects. Important symptoms of poisoning, First Aid, specific antidote. 9. Supplemental Information Any additional information required by legislation, such as directions for use, including warnings and safe periods; or disposal instructions. 10. Label The label must be printed in Creole, English or French or a translation of another language label must be attached to the container in Creole and English. The label and tie-on label must be legible and easy to read. NINTH SCHEDULE [Section 33] Hazardous Chemicals and Products (Entry and Exit Points) Designation Notice, 2025 1. This Notice may be cited as the Hazardous Chemicals and Products Control (Entry and Exit Points Designation) Notice. 2. No Hazardous Chemical or product shall be imported or exported except at an entry or exit point as designated in paragraph 3. 3. For the purpose of paragraph 3, the designated points of entry or exit are – (a) the Seychelles International Airport; (b) All Sea Ports; and (c) the Central Post Office, Victoria