Western Australian Current Regulations

HEALTH (PESTICIDES) REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 63

63 .         Chief Health Officer to approve site of fumigation

        (1)         A registered proprietor must not cause or permit a fumigation to be undertaken at a place unless —

            (a)         the Chief Health Officer has approved the place as one at which the registered proprietor may undertake the fumigation; and

            (b)         any conditions imposed on the approval are complied with; and

            (c)         the registered proprietor has ensured that a fumigation plan has been completed in accordance with AS 2476 clause 2.2.

        Penalty: a fine of $2 500.

        (2)         A licensed technician must not undertake a fumigation at a place unless —

            (a)         the Chief Health Officer has approved the undertaking of the fumigation at that place; and

            (b)         the technician is, or is an employee of, the registered proprietor to whom the approval was granted; and

            (c)         any conditions imposed on the approval are complied with.

        Penalty: a fine of $2 500.

        (3)         The Chief Health Officer may approve or refuse to approve a place as the Chief Health Officer thinks fit.

        (4)         An approval of a place may be granted so as to apply —

            (a)         for a single fumigation; or

            (b)         for a specified period of time; or

            (c)         until the approval is revoked.

        (5)         The Chief Health Officer may impose on an approval any conditions the Chief Health Officer thinks fit.

        (6)         The Chief Health Officer may revoke an approval at any time by giving written notice to the registered proprietor.

        [Regulation 63 amended: Gazette 10 Jan 2017 p. 272‑3 and 275.]