Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 (Qld)

Queensland Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 Subordinate Legislation 2005 No. 236 made under the Pest Management Act 2001 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Replacement of pt 1A hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 3A (Definitions for pt 1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Amendment of s 3C (Expiry of pt 1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Insertion of new pt 1A, div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Division 2 Dengue mosquito prevention, control or eradication 3D Exemption for dengue mosquito prevention, control or eradication—Act, s 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Amendment of s 8 (Labelling of container by pest management technician) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s5 Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 No. 236, 2005 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 October 2005. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the PestManagementRegulation2003 . 4 Replacement of pt 1A hdg Part 1A heading— omit, insert— ‘Part 1A Exemptions ‘Division 1 Fire ant prevention, control or eradication’. 5 Amendment of s 3A (Definitions for pt 1A) (1) Section 3A heading, ‘pt 1A’— omit, insert— ‘ div 1 ’. (2) Section 3A, ‘part’— omit, insert— ‘division’. (3) Section 3A, definition exempted pesticide , ‘ingredient’— omit, insert— ‘constituent’.

s6 3 s7 Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 No. 236, 2005 6 Amendment of s 3C (Expiry of pt 1A) (1) Section 3C heading, ‘pt 1A’— omit, insert— ‘ div 1 ’. (2) Section 3C, ‘part’— omit, insert— ‘division’. 7 Insertion of new pt 1A, div 2 After section 3C— insert— ‘Division 2 Dengue mosquito prevention, control or eradication ‘3D Exemption for dengue mosquito prevention, control or eradication—Act, s 10 ‘(1) This section applies to an exempted pest management activity carried out by an exempted officer, in the course of the officer’s official duties, for prevention, control or eradication of dengue mosquitoes. ‘(2) The exempted pest management activity is exempted from section 11 and part 2, division 12 of the Act. ‘(3) In this section— dengue mosquito includes any mosquito that may be a vector for dengue. exempted officer means— (a) any of the following officers appointed under section 22(1) or 27(1) of the Health Act 1937— (i) an environmental health officer; (ii) an environmental health worker; (iii) a vector control officer; or

s8 4 s9 Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 No. 236, 2005 (b) either of the following officers appointed under section 27(1) of the Health Act 1937— (i) a medical entomologist; (ii) an indigenous environmental health coordinator. exempted pest management activity means any of the following pest management activities— (a) applying briquettes containing not more than 1.8% of (S)-methoprene as the only active constituent in a way stated in the instructions on the approved label for containers of the briquettes; (b) applying pellets containing not more than 4% of (S)-methoprene as the only active constituent in a way stated in the instructions on the approved label for containers of the pellets; (c) setting prescribed ovitraps at the rate of not more than 4 prescribed ovitraps at a premises. permit see the Agvet Code of Queensland, section 3. prescribed ovitrap means an ovitrap— (a) containing a cloth strip that has been treated with a pesticide containing bifenthrin as the only active constituent; and (b) prepared in accordance with a permit.’. 8 Amendment of s 8 (Labelling of container by pest management technician) Section 8(3)— omit. 9 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 3— insert— ‘ approved label means a label approved under part 2 of the Agvet Code of Queensland.’.

s9 5 s9 Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 No. 236, 2005 (2) Schedule 3, definitions exempted pesticide and fire ant , after ‘part 1A,’— insert— ‘division 1,’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 22 September 2005. 2 Notified in the gazette on 23 September 2005. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 2005