New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 57

57 Granting of certificate of competency

(1) The Environment Protection Authority may determine an application for a certificate of competency by granting a certificate to the applicant.

(2) The Environment Protection Authority may refuse to grant a certificate of competency if it is of the opinion that the applicant for the certificate is not competent to use or possess the restricted pesticide in respect of which the application relates without unintended harm being caused by the pesticide. The Authority may refuse to grant a certificate for any other reasons it thinks fit.

(3) In granting a certificate of competency, the Environment Protection Authority may impose conditions on the use or possession of the restricted pesticide in respect of which the certificate relates.

(4) The Environment Protection Authority may at any time by notice in writing served on the holder of a certificate of competency:

(a) revoke or vary any condition to which the certificate is subject, or

(b) impose new conditions to which the certificate is subject.

(5) A certificate of competency must specify:

(a) the person to whom it is granted, and

(b) the restricted pesticide in respect of which it relates, and

(c) the period of time for which it is granted, and

(d) the conditions to which it is subject.

(6) The regulations may determine fees for the granting of certificates of competency.

(7) A certificate of competency remains in force for the period specified in the certificate unless it is sooner suspended or revoked by the Environment Protection Authority or is surrendered to the Authority.