PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 13
Use of unregistered pesticide
PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 13
Use of unregistered pesticide
13 Use of unregistered pesticide
(1) A person must not use an unregistered
pesticide unless the person--
(a) is authorised to do so by a permit, and
(b)
complies with the permit.
: Maximum penalty--
(a) $120,000 in the case of a
corporation, or
(b) $60,000 in the case of an individual.
Note : The effect
of a permit is explained in the note to section 6. This offence is an
"eligible law" for the purposes of Part 7 of the Agvet Code.
An offence against this section committed by a corporation is an executive
liability offence attracting executive liability for a director or other
person involved in the management of the corporation--see section 112.
(2) A
person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if--
(a) the person
uses an unregistered pesticide that is a reserved chemical product, and
(b)
the pesticide is used in accordance with the conditions specified for the
reserved chemical product by the Reserved Schedule.
