New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 38

38 Making of pesticide control order

(1) The Environment Protection Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make a pesticide control order.

(2) A pesticide control order may be made:

(a) for any purpose relating to the protection of public health, property, the environment or trade, or

(b) in order to implement a decision or policy of the National Registration Authority in relation to any pesticide.

(3) A pesticide control order has no effect unless it is published in the Gazette.

(4) A pesticide control order takes effect on and from the date specified in the order (being a date that is not earlier than the date the order is published in the Gazette).

(5) The Environment Protection Authority is to cause a pesticide control order to be published in such newspapers and other publications as the Authority thinks appropriate.

(5A) A pesticide control order may refer to or incorporate, with or without modification, a standard or other document prepared or published by a body specified in the order, as in force at a particular time or from time to time.

(6) In this section:
"National Registration Authority" means the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals established by the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.