2.23
CurrentPest control (section 2.9)
2.23 Pest control (section 2.9)
(1)
It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under Division 1 of Part 2 of the Act constituted by the harming of a protected animal if the person charged establishes that the act that constitutes the offence was the use of a pesticide—
(a)
for the control of a pest that is not a protected animal, and
(b)
in accordance with any pesticide control order or other requirement of the Pesticides Act 1999.
(2)
In this clause, pesticide, pest and pesticide control order have the same meanings as in the Pesticides Act 1999.
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