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3. Formation of Pesticides Committee:

(1) A Pesticides Committee shall be formed to render necessary advice to Government of Nepal on the formulation of a national policy on Pesticides and implement the national policy on Pesticides.

(2) The Committee shall consist of the following members:

(a) Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture -Chairperson

(b) Chief, Central Pest Science Division -Member

(c) Chief, Central Crops Disease Science Division -Member

(d) Chief Malaria Eradication Project -Member

(e) Representative, Nepal Bureau of Standards -Member

(f) Representative, Food Crops and Fisheries
Development Department, Crops 
Protection Section -Member

(g) Three scientists related with agriculture, livestock and forest science, as nominated by Government of Nepal -Member

(h) One Pesticides entrepreneur and one consumer farmer, as nominated by Government of Nepal -Member

(i) A person designated by Government of Nepal -Member secretary

(3) The tenure of the members nominated by Government of Nepal pursuant to Clauses (g) and (h) of Sub-section

(2) shall be two years; and after the completion of their tenure, they may be eligible to be re-nominated.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-section (3), Government of Nepal may remove any member nominated by it pursuant to Clauses (g) and (h) of Sub-section (2) prior to the completion of his tenure.

(5) Government of Nepal may, if it considers necessary, make necessary alteration in the members of the Committee, by a Notification published in the Nepal Gazette.

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