45Information and notice

45 Information and notice

(1) The Minister may issue codes of practice dealing with information to be provided about agricultural spraying and notice to be given of proposed agricultural spraying.

(2) A person is not guilty of an offence only because of a contravention of a code of practice issued under subsection (1).

(3) The Governor in Council may, not earlier than 2 years after the commencement of this subsection, make regulations in accordance with section 76 for or with respect to—

(a) requiring the occupier of land to provide the prescribed information to any person who is employed or contracted to carry out agricultural spraying on that land—

S. 45(3)(a)(i) amended by No. 73/1994 s. 50(5).

(ii) in a prescribed manner; and

(b) requiring the person who is employed or contracted to carry out agricultural spraying on land—

S. 45(3)(b)(i) amended by No. 73/1994 s. 50(5).

to provide the prescribed information to the occupier of that land; and

(c) prohibiting the person who is employed or contracted to carry out agricultural spraying on land—

S. 45(3)(c)(i) amended by No. 73/1994 s. 50(5).

from starting the spraying without first having received the prescribed information; and

(d) requiring the occupier of land who intends to have agricultural spraying carried out on that land—

S. 45(3)(d)(i) amended by No. 73/1994 s. 50(5).

to make every reasonable effort to inform the prescribed persons, or persons of the prescribed class, of the proposed time of spraying and any other prescribed information.

(4) The regulations may impose a penalty not exceeding 200 penalty units for a contravention.

S. 46 (Heading) inserted by No. 55/2001 s. 15.