Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Aerial Application) Amendment Regulations 2021 (WA)

17 December 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5535

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

AG301

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management

(Aerial Application) Amendment

Regulations 2021

SL 2021/216

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Biosecurity and Agriculture

Management (Aerial Application) Amendment
Regulations 2021.

2.   Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.
Management (Aerial Application) Regulations 2018.

3. Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Biosecurity and Agriculture

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4.            Regulation 5 amended

In regulation 5(3):

(a)	delete paragraph (a) and insert:
(a) a unit of competency in preparing and applying chemicals known as

(i)	"AHCCHM303 Prepare and apply chemicals"; or
(ii)

"AHCCHM307 Prepare and apply diseases";

and

(b) in paragraph (b) delete "entitled" and insert:

known as

Note: The heading to amended regulation 5 is to read:

Qualifications or authorisations to apply controlled chemical product (Act s. 56(1))

5.            Regulation 7 amended

(1)	Delete regulation 7(1) and insert:
(1) If a controlled chemical product is applied from an aircraft, the person responsible for applying the product from the aircraft must

(a) ensure that a record containing the information set out in subregulation (2) is made no later than 48 hours after the product was applied on

the land; and

(b) keep the record until the end of the period of 3 years beginning on the day on which the product was applied on the land.

Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $20 000.

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(2) In regulation 7(2):

(a)	delete "the prescribed records are records of the
following made within 48 hours of the controlled chemical product being applied on the land -" and insert:

the information is as follows

(b) in paragraph (a) delete "product" and insert:

controlled chemical product

(c)	delete paragraph (e) and insert:
(e) the exact location of the land on which the product was applied, described in sufficient detail to enable that location to be readily identified;

(3) In regulation 7(3):

(ist

(a)	delete "a"	occurrence) and insert:
the

(ist

(b)	delete "an"	occurrence) and insert:
the

Note: The heading to amended regulation 7 is to read:

Person responsible to have record of application of controlled chemical product

V. MOLAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.