New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 58

58 Suspension or revocation of certificate of competency

(1) The Environment Protection Authority may, for such reasons as it thinks fit, suspend a certificate of competency by notice in writing given to the holder of the certificate for such period as is specified in the notice. The Authority may, by further notice given to the certificate holder, rescind the suspension or vary the period of suspension.

(2) The Environment Protection Authority may, by notice in writing given to the holder of a certificate of competency, revoke the certificate for any of the following reasons:

(a) the holder of the certificate supplied information that was, to the holder’s knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular in, or in connection with, the application for the certificate,

(b) the holder of the certificate has contravened any provision of this Act or the regulations, whether or not the holder has been convicted of an offence for the contravention,

(c) the holder of the certificate has contravened any condition to which the certificate is subject,

(d) if the Authority receives information about the holder of the certificate and the Authority is of the opinion that, had the information been received at the time when an application for the certificate was made, it would have refused the application,

(e) if the Authority receives information about a restricted pesticide and the Authority is of the opinion that, had the information been received at the time when an application for the certificate was made, it would have refused the application.

(3) The suspension or revocation of a certificate of competency takes effect on the day on which the notice of the suspension or revocation is given to the holder of the certificate (or on such later date as may be specified in the notice).