8Chemical products requiring commercial chemical operator licence

8 Chemical products requiring commercial chemical operator licence

(1)  In this regulation –

authorised person means a person who is –

(a) appointed or employed under the State Service Act 2000 for the purposes of the Department; and

(b) authorised by the Chief Veterinary Officer or the Registrar to apply the relevant agricultural chemical product, relevant veterinary chemical product or a class of chemical products of which the relevant agricultural chemical product or relevant veterinary chemical product is a member;

small amount means the amount of a chemical product that the Registrar, by notice published –

(a) in the Gazette; or

(b) on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Department; or

(c) both –

determines to be a small amount.

(2)  The following classes of chemical products are prescribed for the purposes of section 21 of the Act:

(a) any agricultural chemical product except when –

(i) only a small amount of the agricultural chemical product is being used and that small amount is being applied by hand-held equipment for a purpose only incidental to the main service that is being provided for fee or other reward; or

(ii) that agricultural chemical product is being applied by the Registrar, an authorised person or a veterinary surgeon in the course of his or her profession;

(b) any veterinary chemical product except when –

(i) only a small amount of the veterinary chemical product is being used and that small amount is being applied by hand-held equipment for a purpose only incidental to the main service that is being provided for fee or other reward; or

(ii) that veterinary chemical product is being applied by the Registrar, an authorised person or a veterinary surgeon in the course of his or her profession.