Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 (Qld)

Queensland Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 Subordinate Legislation 2011 No. 180 made under the Pest Management Act 2001  Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 3A (Exemption for electric or fire ant prevention, control or eradication—Act, s 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new ss 3B and 3C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3B Exemption for red imported fire ant prevention, control or eradication—Act, s 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3C Exemption of kordon termite barrier—Act, s 10 . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the PestManagementRegulation2003. 3 Amendment of s 3A (Exemption for electric or fire ant prevention, control or eradication—Act, s 10) Section 3A(3), definition inspector — omit . 4 Insertion of new ss 3B and 3C After section 3A— insert — ‘3B Exemption for red imported fire ant prevention, control or eradication—Act, s 10 ‘(1) This section applies if an inspector or other person is authorised under the PlantProtectionAct1989 to treat fire ants, or land or another thing infested with fire ants. ‘(2) The use by the inspector or other person of an exempted pesticide for the treatment of fire ants, or land or another thing infested with fire ants, is a pest management activity exempted from section 11 and part 2, division 12 of the Act. ‘(3) In this section— exempted pesticide means ground corn baits containing 0.045% of indoxacarb as the only active ingredient, applied at a rate of not more than 1.7kg of baits a hectare. fire ant means the red imported fire ant ( Solenopsis invicta ). Page 2 2011 SL No. 180

Pest Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2011 [s 5] ‘3C Exemption of kordon termite barrier—Act, s 10 ‘(1) An exempted pest management activity carried out by an accredited installer is exempted from section 11 and part 2, division 12 of the Act. ‘(2) In this section— accredited installer means a person who is accredited by Bayer Cropscience to install a kordon termite barrier. Bayer Cropscience means Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd ACN 000 226 022. exempted pest management activity means a pest management activity involving the installation of a kordon termite barrier. kordon termite barrier means a product manufactured by Bayer Cropscience that is a non-woven matrix of polyester fibres— (a) impregnated with deltamethrin at a concentration of not more than 2g/m 2 ; and (b) laminated with polyethylene.’. 5 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) Schedule 3— insert — ‘ inspector means a person appointed under the PlantProtection Act 1989 as an inspector.’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 15 September 2011. 2 Notified in the gazette on 16 September 2011. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Health. 2011 SL No. 180 Page 3

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