41Contents of pesticide use notification plans

41 Contents of pesticide use notification plans

41 Contents of pesticide use notification plans

(1) A public authority’s pesticide use notification plan—

(a) must set out how and when the public authority will give public notice of the proposed use of pesticides in any prescribed public places, and

(b) must identify where the plan operates, that is, it must identify the categories of prescribed public places in which the public authority proposes to use pesticide or allow its use, and

(c) must identify the categories of, or specific, prescribed public places in respect of which the public authority intends to provide notification of—

(i) all proposed uses of pesticides under the plan, or

(ii) only some proposed uses of pesticides under the plan, and what those uses are, and

(d) must indicate, as a separate item, the special protection measures that will be taken if the pesticide is proposed to be used in a prescribed public place that is adjacent to a sensitive place, and

(e) must identify the categories of people (the affected persons) who regularly use the categories of prescribed public places identified in the plan, and

(f) must estimate the degree of use by affected persons of those categories of prescribed public places, and

(g) must specify how and when the public authority will notify the affected persons of the proposed use of pesticide in the prescribed public places (other than a prescribed public place referred to in paragraph (l)), and

(h) must specify the information that will be provided to the affected persons that are notified, which must include at least the following—

(i) the full product name of the pesticide to be used,

(ii) the purpose for which the pesticide is to be used,

(iii) the dates on which, or the range of dates during which, the pesticide is to be used,

(iv) the places where the pesticide is to be used,

(v) any warnings about limitations on the subsequent use of or entry onto the land if such warnings are specified on the approved label for the pesticide or in the permit for use of the pesticide,