Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Control Act 1966
sec.12Pilot chemical rating licence
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sec.12 Pilot chemical rating licence
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. aerial distribution to be conducted as a commercial operation application of agricultural chemicals to crops to control pests application of agricultural chemicals for mosquito control 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. s 12 amd 1994 No. 78 s 37 sch ; 2002 No. 76 s 33 sch 2 ; 2013 No. 41 s 5 ; 2015 No. 15 s 6 (sec.12-ssec.1) Subject to this Act, the chief executive may grant pilot chemical rating licences. (sec.12-ssec.2) 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. (sec.12-ssec.3) 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. aerial distribution to be conducted as a commercial operation application of agricultural chemicals to crops to control pests application of agricultural chemicals for mosquito control (sec.12-ssec.4) 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.
- (a) if the person intends to pilot a manned aircraft under the licence—the authorisation mentioned in subsection (3) ; and