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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-basic-conditions-regulations-1997/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/189",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Protection Products (Basic Conditions) Regulations 1997",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "No person who was born later than 31 December 1964 shall use a prescribed plant protection product approved for agricultural use unless that person—\n(a) has obtained a certificate of competence recognised by the Ministers; or\n(b) uses that plant protection product under the direct and personal supervision of a person who holds such a certificate; or\n(c) uses it in accordance with an approval, if any, for one of the uses specified in paragraph 7(1)(c) above.",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2011/2131",
      "affecting_title": "The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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