PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 116 Exemption for fire brigades and other emergency services

PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 116

116 Exemption for fire brigades and other emergency services

(1) A person is not guilty of an offence under this Act or the regulations for any act or omission if it was done or omitted in good faith as a member of a fire brigade, a rural fire brigade, the State Emergency Service or other accredited rescue unit.

(2) This section has effect despite anything in this Act.

(3) In this section--


"accredited rescue unit" has the same meaning as it has in the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 .