Health (Pesticides) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1996 (WA)

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HEALTH

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HEALTH ACT 1911

HEALTH (PESTICIDES) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS (No. 2) 1996

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council on the advice of the Pesticides Advisory Committee.

" the chief executive officer of that department ".

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Health (Pesticides) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1996.

Principal regulations

2. In these regulations the Health (Pesticides) Regulations 1956* are

referred to as the principal regulations.

[* Reprinted as at 3 April 1989.

For amendments to 26 September 1996 see 1995 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, pp. 137-40 and Gazette 28 June 1996.]

Regulation 29 amended

3.(1)

Regulation 29 (2) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting "that Board" and substituting the following —

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(2) Regulation 29 (4) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

all the words from "The Agriculture" to "trained -" and substituting the

following -

"

The chief executive officer of Agriculture Western Australia may in writing authorize an officer of that department to manufacture or distribute registered pesticides containing sodium fluoroacetate on behalf of the department if the chief executive officer is satisfied that the officer has been trained -

"the Board" and substituting the following - (3) Regulation 29 (7) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

the chief executive officer of Agriculture Western Australia ".

"Agriculture Protection Board" in the second place where it occurs an (4) Regulation 29 (8) of the principal regulations is amended by deletin

substituting the following -

chief executive officer of Agriculture Western Australia ".

Regulation 29A amended

4.     Regulation 29A (3) of the principal regulations is repealed and the

following subregulation is substituted -

"

Officers of the Water Corporation or a local government or environmental health officers, who are trained to the satisfaction of the chief executive officer of Agriculture Western Australia in accordance Agriculture Western Australia to bait for rats. with the provisions of regulation 29 (4), may assist officers of

(3)

Regulation 30 repealed and a regulation substituted

5.     Regulation 30 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

regulation is substituted -

is

Records to be kept

30. must keep up to date records of the name and address of each person to (1) The chief executive officer of Agriculture Western Australia

whom a registered pesticide containing sodium fluoroacetate is

distributed or supplied by that department.

(2)

The records are to be kept for at least 2 years and are to be available for inspection by environmental health officers, other officers appointed under the Act and persons declared under section 52A of the Poisons Act 1964 to be authorized officers for the purposes of that Act.

Regulation 31 amended

6.     (1) Regulation 31 (1) of theprincipal regulations is amended by

deleting "the Board" and substituting the following -

the chief executive officer of Agriculture Western Australia ".

by the Agriculture Protection Board" and substituting the following - (2) Regulation 31 (2) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

containing sodium fluoroacetate ".

(3) Regulation 31 (3) of the principal regulations is repealed and the

following subregulation is substituted -

"

sodium fluoroacetate must keep them in the container in which they (3) A person who is supplied with pesticide baits containing

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were supplied and keep that container in a locked compartment or

locked room except when the baits are required for immediate use.	It
(4)

Regulation 31 (4) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting "Agriculture Protection Board" and substituting the following —

"	chief executive officer of Agriculture Western Australia ".
(5)

Regulation 31 (8) (b) of the principal regulations is amended by

deleting "the Board" and substituting the following —
" that department ".
Regulation 37A amended

7. Regulation 37A (2) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

"regulations —" and substituting the following —

" regulation — ".
Regulations 55 and 56 amended

8. Regulations 55 (1) (b) (ii) and (2) and 56 (3) (a) of the principal regulations are amended by deleting "local authority" and substituting the following —

" local government ".
Regulation 70 amended

9. Regulation 70 (1) (e) and (2) (e) are amended by deleting "the Department of Agriculture of Western Australia nominated for the purposes of this paragraph by the Director General of Agriculture;" and substituting the following

ii

Agriculture Western Australia nominated for that purpose by the chief

executive officer of that department; f)

Various references to the Agriculture Protection Board amended

10. In each subregulation listed in the Table to this regulation "the

Agriculture Protection Board" is deleted and the following is substituted —

ii Agriculture Western Australia ".

TABLE

reg. 29 (1), (2) (5), (6), (7),

(8) in the first place, (9)

reg. 29A (1), (2)

reg. 31 (1), (5), (6a), (8)

By His Excellency's Command,

J. PRITCHARD, Clerk of the Council.