Medicines and Poisons (Pest Management Activities) Regulation 2021
sec.55Containment of fumigants and pesticides
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sec.55 Containment of fumigants and pesticides
A business operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure a pest management vehicle used for a fumigant or pesticide that is a solid or liquid— has a floor and walls that are impervious to the fumigant or pesticide; and can contain a leakage or escape of the fumigant or pesticide. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A business operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a pest management vehicle used for a fumigant or pesticide that is a gas in a cylinder— is open to the air with unrestricted ventilation; or has a vapour tight cabinet to enclose the cylinder that is vented to the outside of the vehicle; or is separated from the driving compartment of the vehicle by a barrier that is impervious to gas. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A business operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a pest management vehicle is able to be locked when the vehicle is unattended. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.55-ssec.1) A business operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure a pest management vehicle used for a fumigant or pesticide that is a solid or liquid— has a floor and walls that are impervious to the fumigant or pesticide; and can contain a leakage or escape of the fumigant or pesticide. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.55-ssec.2) A business operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a pest management vehicle used for a fumigant or pesticide that is a gas in a cylinder— is open to the air with unrestricted ventilation; or has a vapour tight cabinet to enclose the cylinder that is vented to the outside of the vehicle; or is separated from the driving compartment of the vehicle by a barrier that is impervious to gas. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.55-ssec.3) A business operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a pest management vehicle is able to be locked when the vehicle is unattended. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
- (a) has a floor and walls that are impervious to the fumigant or pesticide; and
- (b) can contain a leakage or escape of the fumigant or pesticide.
- (a) is open to the air with unrestricted ventilation; or
- (b) has a vapour tight cabinet to enclose the cylinder that is vented to the outside of the vehicle; or
- (c) is separated from the driving compartment of the vehicle by a barrier that is impervious to gas.