Pesticides Regulation 2017

A public authority’s pesticide use notification plan—

must set out how and when the public authority will give public notice of the proposed use of pesticides in any prescribed public places, and

must identify where the plan operates, that is, it must identify the categories of prescribed public places in which the public authority proposes to use pesticide or allow its use, and

must identify the categories of, or specific, prescribed public places in respect of which the public authority intends to provide notification of—

all proposed uses of pesticides under the plan, or

only some proposed uses of pesticides under the plan, and what those uses are, and

must indicate, as a separate item, the special protection measures that will be taken if the pesticide is proposed to be used in a prescribed public place that is adjacent to a sensitive place, and

must identify the categories of people (the affected persons) who regularly use the categories of prescribed public places identified in the plan, and

must estimate the degree of use by affected persons of those categories of prescribed public places, and

must specify how and when the public authority will notify the affected persons of the proposed use of pesticide in the prescribed public places (other than a prescribed public place referred to in paragraph (l)), and

must specify the information that will be provided to the affected persons that are notified, which must include at least the following—

the full product name of the pesticide to be used,

the purpose for which the pesticide is to be used,

the dates on which, or the range of dates during which, the pesticide is to be used,

the places where the pesticide is to be used,

any warnings about limitations on the subsequent use of or entry onto the land if such warnings are specified on the approved label for the pesticide or in the permit for use of the pesticide,

a contact telephone number or email address for the officer of the public authority whom the affected persons can contact to discuss the notice, and

must specify how and when the public authority will inform the general public (and not just the affected persons) of the plan and its contents, and

must identify by job title or description, and provide the telephone number or email address, of the officer of the public authority whom any member of the public can contact to discuss the plan, and

must, subject to clauses 42 and 43, set out provisions for future reviews of the pesticide use notification plan, including arrangements for public involvement in those reviews, and

must specify the prescribed public places or class of prescribed public places (if any) for which the public authority does not intend to provide notification, and

may set out how and when the public authority will give public notice of its use, or its allowing of the use, of pesticide in places other than prescribed public places.

Without limiting subclause (1) (g), a pesticide use notification plan may provide that the public authority will provide information to affected persons of the proposed use of pesticide in the prescribed public places by a combination of methods and, if the plan does so provide, must specify the information that will be provided by each method.