New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 54

54 Records of aerial application of pesticides

(1) The holder of an aircraft (pesticide applicator) licence must cause a record to be made in accordance with subsection (2) in respect of each occasion on which the holder of the licence has caused an aircraft to be used in the application of a pesticide.

Maximum penalty:

• $120,000 in the case of a corporation, or

• $60,000 in the case of an individual.

(2) The record must be made immediately after the application of the pesticide and must contain:

(a) the name and address of the person who piloted the aircraft, and

(b) a description of the pesticide that was applied (including product name and active constituents), and

(c) the date and time of the application of the pesticide (including the start and finish time), and

(d) the registration mark of the aircraft used in the application of the pesticide, and

(e) a description of the manner in which, the climatic conditions under which and the equipment by means of which the pesticide was applied, and

(f) a description of the land over which the pesticide was applied (including the address of the land or the particular paddock or part of a paddock), and

(g) such other particulars as are required by the regulations to be contained in the record.

(3) A record required to be made under this section must be kept by the holder of the licence concerned for a period of not less than 3 years after the date of the occasion to which the record relates.

Maximum penalty:

• $120,000 in the case of a corporation, or

• $60,000 in the case of an individual.