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Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · s 214
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Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · s 214
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An individual commits an offence if —
the individual carries on, or causes or permits to be carried on, any prescribed pesticide work for reward; and
the individual —
is not a certified pesticide operator authorised to carry out that kind of prescribed pesticide work;
is not doing so under the direction or supervision of a certified pesticide operator authorised to carry out that kind of prescribed pesticide work; and
is not exempt under section 320 or 321 from this section.
An individual who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; or
where the individual is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $30,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
In subsection (2), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence under subsection (1), means an individual who —
is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and
has been convicted or found guilty, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the individual is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of an offence under subsection (1).