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This order may be cited as the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Provision of Information on Agricultural Spraying) Order 1996 .
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Tasmania regulation
This order requires occupiers of premises and people employed or contracted to carry out agricultural spraying to exchange specified information about certain agricultural chemical products or prescribed spraying methods before any spraying takes place. It also forbids a sprayer from starting spraying until they have received the information. The requirement allocates responsibility for providing and checking information and can affect the timing and administration of spraying operations.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Provision of Information on Agricultural Spraying) Order 1996.
This order may be cited as the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Provision of Information on Agricultural Spraying) Order 1996 .
This order takes effect on the day proclaimed under section 2 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995 .
The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if the order were by-laws.
The occupier of any premises must provide the prescribed information to any person who is employed or contracted to carry out agricultural spraying on those premises –
(a) of a prescribed agricultural chemical product or class of agricultural chemical product; or
(b) in a prescribed manner –
before that person carries out the agricultural spraying.
A person who is employed or contracted to carry out agricultural spraying on any premises –
(a) of a prescribed agricultural chemical product or class of agricultural chemical product; or
(b) in a prescribed manner –
must provide the prescribed information to the occupier of those premises before carrying out the agricultural spraying.
A person who is employed or contracted to carry out agricultural spraying on any premises –
(a) of a prescribed agricultural chemical product or class of agricultural chemical product; or
(b) in a prescribed manner –
must not carry out the agricultural spraying if he or she has not received the prescribed information the occupier of the premises is required to provide under clause 4 .
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 25 December 1996
This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This order may be cited as the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) (Provision of Information on Agricultural Spraying) Order 1996 .
This order takes effect on the day proclaimed under section 2 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995 .
The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if the order were by-laws.
The occupier of any premises must provide the prescribed information to any person who is employed or contracted to carry out agricultural spraying on those premises –
(a) of a prescribed agricultural chemical product or class of agricultural chemical product; or
(b) in a prescribed manner –
before that person carries out the agricultural spraying.
A person who is employed or contracted to carry out agricultural spraying on any premises –
(a) of a prescribed agricultural chemical product or class of agricultural chemical product; or
(b) in a prescribed manner –
must provide the prescribed information to the occupier of those premises before carrying out the agricultural spraying.
A person who is employed or contracted to carry out agricultural spraying on any premises –
(a) of a prescribed agricultural chemical product or class of agricultural chemical product; or
(b) in a prescribed manner –
must not carry out the agricultural spraying if he or she has not received the prescribed information the occupier of the premises is required to provide under clause 4 .
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 25 December 1996
This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries.