Environment Protection Regulation 2005
55GTraining—use of declared vertebrate poisons
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55G Training—use of declared vertebrate poisons (1) A person commits an offence if the person uses a declared vertebrate poison. (4) Subsection (1) does not apply if— (a) the declared vertebrate poison is in the form of a prepared bait; and (b) the use is in accordance with an environmental authorisation. Note 1 Environmental authorisation—see the Act, dictionary.
Note 2 It is an offence to conduct a class A activity without an environmental authorisation—see the Act, s 42. The commercial use of a registered agvet chemical product for pest control or turf management is a class A activity—see the Act, sch 1, table 1.2, item 29. Note 3 The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters