Regulation 15 Aerial spraying

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall carry out aerial spraying or cause or permit another person to carry out aerial spraying.

(2)

A person may carry out aerial spraying or cause or permit another person to carry out aerial spraying if such spraying is authorised by an aerial spraying permit.

(3)

Schedule 2 (aerial spraying permits) has effect.

(4)

The pilot carrying out the aerial spraying must comply with the conditions set out in the aerial spraying permit which are identified as being for the pilot.

(5)

The holder of the aerial spraying permit (“permit holder”) must—

(a)

comply with the conditions set out in the aerial spraying permit which are identified as being for the permit holder; and

(b)

take all reasonable precautions to ensure that the pilot complies with the conditions set out in the aerial spraying permit which are identified as being for the pilot.

(6)

The appropriate United Kingdom competent authority must—

(a)

keep records of the applications for aerial spraying permits and the information accompanying those applications which is required by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2; and

(b)

make available to the public information contained in those records such as the area to be sprayed, the provisional day and time of spraying and the type of plant protection product in accordance with its national law or F1, in relation to Northern Ireland, any European Union legislation which has effect in Northern Ireland by virtue of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 15(6)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1376), regs. 1(2), 8(3)