Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Control Act 1966

Subject to this Act, the chief executive may grant pilot chemical rating licences.

A person may apply under section 17 for a pilot chemical rating licence if the person gives the chief executive evidence that the person holds—

if the person intends to pilot a manned aircraft under the licence—the authorisation mentioned in subsection (3); and

if the person intends to use an unmanned aircraft other than a balloon or a kite (a UAV) under the licence—the authorisation mentioned in subsection (4); and

the qualification prescribed by regulation.

For subsection (2)(a), the authorisation is a civil aviation authorisation under which the person may pilot (as pilot in command) the manned aircraft the person intends to use under the licence to carry out aerial distribution in the circumstances the person intends to carry out the aerial distribution.

For subsection (2)(b), the authorisation is a civil aviation authorisation under which the person may act as the controller of the UAV the person intends to use under the licence to carry out aerial distribution in the circumstances the person intends to carry out the aerial distribution.