Section 2:

2. (1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the enforcing agency shall— (a) in relation to the planning and coordination of the enforcement as a whole, the granting of import permits and licences, any notification, information or educational programme, or the keeping of any register, be the Dangerous Chemicals Control Board; (b) in relation to the presence and the professional use, at place of work, of dangerous chemicals, be the Occupational Safety and Health Inspectorate of the Ministry responsible for labour and industrial relations; (c) in relation to the adverse effects on humans likely to be caused by dangerous chemicals, be the Ministry responsible for the subject of health; (d) in relation to adverse effects on the environment likely to be caused by dangerous chemicals, be the Ministry responsible for the subject of environment; (e) in relation to disposal of hazardous wastes, be the Ministry responsible for the subject of local government; (f) in relation to transport by road of dangerous chemicals and emergency planning, be the Police; (g) in relation to the spreading of dangerous gases, vapours, fumes, aerosols, explosions and fires, spillage of dangerous chemicals and emergency planning, be the Mauritius Fire and Rescue Service; (h) in relation to the proper and safe use of pesticides by farmers, control of pesticides residues on vegetables and fruits, be the Ministry responsible for the subject of agriculture. (2) Where no enforcing agency is specifically designated, the Board shall be deemed to have responsibility for exercising the functions of an enforcing agency.