Chemical Usage (Agricultural and Veterinary) Control Regulation 2017
sec.26Using products—other conditions about site suitability
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sec.26 Using products—other conditions about site suitability
The person must not use the product or allow the product to be used— on waterlogged soil; or at a place susceptible to run-off; or within 20m of a sinkhole or well. The person must ensure no area where the product has been used is irrigated to the point of run-off within 48 hours after the use. Subsection (2) does not prevent an interrow furrow being irrigated to the point of run-off, but only if the run-off does not leave the furrow. In this section— irrigated to the point of run-off , in relation to an area, means more water is applied to the area than can be absorbed by the soil in the area, resulting in run-off from the area. (sec.26-ssec.1) The person must not use the product or allow the product to be used— on waterlogged soil; or at a place susceptible to run-off; or within 20m of a sinkhole or well. (sec.26-ssec.2) The person must ensure no area where the product has been used is irrigated to the point of run-off within 48 hours after the use. (sec.26-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not prevent an interrow furrow being irrigated to the point of run-off, but only if the run-off does not leave the furrow. (sec.26-ssec.4) In this section— irrigated to the point of run-off , in relation to an area, means more water is applied to the area than can be absorbed by the soil in the area, resulting in run-off from the area.
- (a) on waterlogged soil; or
- (b) at a place susceptible to run-off; or
- (c) within 20m of a sinkhole or well.