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Part 11 · Certain Agri-Food Production Inputs

214. Unauthorised individual carrying on prescribed pesticide work

(1)

An individual commits an offence if —

(a)

the individual carries on, or causes or permits to be carried on, any prescribed pesticide work for reward; and

(b)

the individual —

(i)

is not a certified pesticide operator authorised to carry out that kind of prescribed pesticide work;

(ii)

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

(iii)

is not exempt under section 320 or 321 from this section.

(2)

An individual who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; or

(b)

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.

(3)

In subsection (2), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence under subsection (1), means an individual who —

(a)

is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and

(b)

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).

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