24.1. The Government may, in the event that the health of the population is threatened by insects capable of transmitting the West Nile virus to the population, establish and implement a plan of action to control the insects on the joint proposal of the Minister of Health and Social Services, the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, after consultation with the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks.
The plan of action may provide for the use of chemical pesticides only in the case where the other measures are considered to be insufficient.
2001, c. 37, s. 1; 2003, c. 19, s. 250; 2005, c. 28, s. 196; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2009, c. 26, s. 109.