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56BExemption—storage of unregistered pesticide—the Act, s 117
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#### 56B Exemption—storage of unregistered pesticide—the Act, s 117
56B Exemption—storage of unregistered pesticide—the Act, s 117
> > (1) This clause applies to a person who is storing a pesticide the registration of which has ended or been suspended or cancelled.
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> > (2) This clause does not apply if the person is authorised by a permit to store the unregistered pesticide.
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> > (3) In relation to the pesticide, the person is exempt from the requirement under the Act, section 13(1) not to use an unregistered pesticide if—
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> > > (a) the person does not use the pesticide, and
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> > > (b) the person stores the pesticide in a way that does not endanger human health or the environment, and
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> > > (c) within a reasonable time after the registration ends or is suspended or cancelled, the person makes, or has made, arrangements to lawfully dispose of the pesticide.
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> > (4) The exemption in subclause (3) ceases to apply if the unregistered pesticide is not lawfully disposed of within a reasonable time after the registration of the pesticide ended or was suspended or cancelled.
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> **cll 56B:** Ins 2021 (694), Sch 1\[13\].