# The Plant Protection Products (Basic Conditions) Regulations 1997, Paragraph 2


(1) No person shall undertake an aerial application of a prescribed plant protection product unless that person, or a person specifically designated in writing on that person’s behalf, has—
(a) not less than 72 hours before the commencement of the aerial application consulted the relevant authority if any part of land which is a Local Nature Reserve, a Marine Nature Reserve, National Nature Reserve or Site of Special Scientific Interest lies within 1500 metres of any part of the land to which that plant protection product is to be applied;
(b) not less than 72 hours before the commencement of the aerial application consulted the appropriate area office of the Environment Agency (if the area in which the intended aerial application is to take place is in England and Wales) or the appropriate area office of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (if such area is in Scotland) if the land to which that plant protection product is to be applied is adjacent to, or within 250 metres of, water;
(c) obtained the consent of such office if that plant protection product is to be applied for the purpose of controlling aquatic weeds or weeds on the banks of watercourses or lakes;
(d) not less than 24 hours and (so far as is practicable) not more than 48 hours before the commencement of the aerial application, given notice of the intended aerial application to the Chief Environmental Health Officer for the district in which the intended aerial application is to take place;
(e) not less than 24 hours and (so far as is reasonably practicable) not more than 48 hours before the commencement of the aerial application given notice of the intended aerial application to the occupants or their agents of all property within 25 metres of the boundary of the land to which that plant protection product is to be applied;
(f) not less than 24 hours and (so far as is practicable) not more than 48 hours before the commencement of the aerial application, given notice of the intended aerial application to the person in charge of any hospital, school or other institution any part of the curtilage of which lies within 150 metres of any flight path intended to be used for the aerial application; and
(g) not less than 48 hours before the commencement of the aerial application, given notice of the intended aerial application to the appropriate reporting point of the local beekeepers' spray warning scheme operating within the district in which the intended aerial application is to take place.
(2) A notice of an intended aerial application given under paragraph (e) or (f) of sub-paragraph (1) above shall be in writing and include details of—
(a) the name and address, and telephone number (if any), of the person intending to carry out the aerial application;
(b) the name of the prescribed plant protection product to be applied and its active substance and approval registration number;
(c) the intended time and date of application; and
(d) an indication that the same details have been served on the Chief Environmental Health Officer for the district in which the intended aerial application is to take place.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/189/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-basic-conditions-regulations-1997/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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