29Pesticides and pest control on Schedule 1 land and Schedule 2 land

29 Pesticides and pest control on Schedule 1 land and Schedule 2 land

29 Pesticides and pest control on Schedule 1 land and Schedule 2 land

(1) A person must not bring onto, use or keep on, Schedule 1 land or Schedule 2 land a pesticide or environmentally hazardous chemical.

Maximum penalty—400 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 200 penalty units in the case of an individual.

(2) A person does not commit an offence under subclause (1)—

(a) by reason of the person bringing onto, using or keeping on, Schedule 1 land or Schedule 2 land, quantities of pesticide solely for household or domestic purposes, or

(b) by reason of anything done in accordance with an environment protection licence.

(3) Nothing in subclause (2) is to be taken to authorise a person to use a pesticide in contravention of the Pesticides Act 1999.

(4) In this clause—

Agvet Code means the provisions applying because of section 5 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (New South Wales) Act 1994.

pesticide means—

(a) an agricultural chemical product within the meaning of the Agvet Code, or

(b) a veterinary chemical product, within the meaning of the Agvet Code, that is represented as being suitable for, or is manufactured, supplied or used for, the external control of ectoparasites of animals.