Section 7: Agricultural Chemicals Technical Committee

(1) There shall be the Agricultural Chemicals Technical Committee in this Act referred to as the Committee to be appointed by the Board for purposes of advising the Board on the technicalities of agricultural chemicals for purposes of this Act and any regulations made under this Act. (2) The Committee shall consist of the following members- (a) a chemist; (b) an agronomist; (c) a plant entomologist; (d) a plant pathologist; (e) a person responsible for extension services in the Ministry or his or her representative; (f) an ecologist; (g) an environment monitoring officer from the National Environment Management Authority; (h) an officer from the Uganda Revenue Authority; (i) standards officer from the Uganda National Bureau of Standards; (j) the Commissioner for occupational safety and health in the Ministry responsible for labour or his or her representative; (k) a wood utilisation specialist; (l) the Registrar of the Agricultural Chemical Board who shall be the Secretary to the Committee; (m) the Secretary to the National Drug Authority or his or her representative; (n) a soil scientist; and (o) a weed scientist. (3) The chairperson of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board from among the fourteen persons mentioned in subsection (2). (4) An appointed member of the Committee- (a) shall hold office for five years and shall be eligible for reappointment; (b) may resign by writing under his or her hand, to the Board or may be removed from office by the Board for inability to perform the functions of his or her office. (5) The Committee- (a) shall regulate its own procedure; (b) shall be responsible for all technical analysis and verification of agricultural chemicals; (c) may co-opt to serve on it for such period as it may think fit, such persons whose specific expertise is required regarding any of the proceedings of the Committee; and (d) shall advise the Board on all technicalities of agricultural chemicals for purposes of this Act and any regulations made under this Act.