Pesticide control orders
What are pesticide control orders?
Pesticide control orders are orders that are issued under section 38 of the Pesticides Act 1999. They are made for any purpose relating to the protection of public health, property, the environment or trade or to implement a decision or policy of the Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) in relation to use of a pesticide or a class of pesticide.
How do these orders operate?
A pesticide control order may:
- prohibit or control the use of a pesticide or a class of pesticide, or
- authorise the use or possession of a restricted pesticide.
What is a restricted pesticide?
A restricted pesticide is a pesticide that may:
- have a harmful effect to humans,
- have an unintended effect that is harmful to any animal, plant or to the environment,
- require special knowledge, skill or qualifications in their preparation or handling,
- require special equipment to use the product safely.
The APVMA determines which pesticides meet any of the above criteria and in turn determine what special controls should be placed on the supply and use of such pesticides.
Restricted pesticides upon their declaration, are listed in Schedule 4 of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Regulations 1995.
Why does the DECC issue pesticide control orders?
The Pesticides Act 1999 requires a person who uses a restricted pesticide to be authorised to do so by way of either a pesticide control order or a certificate of competency. The DECC generally issues pesticide control orders to allow the possession and use of restricted pesticides in NSW.
Pesticide control orders are primarily issued to implement an APVMA policy, that is, to implement outcomes of a pesticide review. These orders also need to specify authorised users and the manner in which a pesticide can be used in NSW.
Each pesticide control order is published in the NSW Government Gazette and commences on the date specified in the order. An advertisement is also placed in certain newspapers so that a wide array of persons are made aware that the DECC has made these orders. Details of availability of the pesticide control order are provided in the advertisement.
There are currently 16 pesticide control orders in force. Fourteen orders relate to restricted pesticides and one order (Air-1) sets rules for aerially applying pesticides within 150 metres of a dwelling, school, factory or public place. The remaining order (bromadiolone) relates to control of mouse plagues by perimeter baiting of crops.
Each order is a PDF file for which you will require Acrobat Reader. They are:
- 1080 rabbit bait - 2002rabbitbait.pdf (58kb)
- 1080 feral pig bait - 2002pigbait.pdf (53kb)
- 1080 wild dog bait - 2002wilddogbait.pdf (51kb)
- 1080 fox bait - 2002foxbait.pdf (79kb)
- Endosulfan - 2000endosulfan.pdf (16kb)
- Preconstruction use of chlorpyrifos and bifenthrin - 2000termiticide.pdf (14kb)
- Bromadiolone - 2000bromadiolone.pdf (11kb)
- Pindone concentrate - 2002pindone.pdf (15kb)
- Air-1 - 1987Air-1.pdf (9kb)
- Mevinphos (phosdrin) - 2003mev.pdf (29kb)
- Gosford 1080 fox bait - fox1080Gosford-PCO.pdf (29kb)
- Wyong 1080 fox bait - WyongFox1080PCO.pdf (26kb)
- Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease - PCORHDV2006.pdf (15kb)
- 1080 Liquid Concentrate - pestcontrolorder1080lc2007.pdf (113kb)
- 1080 used in M-44 Ejectors - 2006ejector1080.pdf (56kb)
- 1080 used in Livestock Protection Collars - 2007LPC1080.pdf (39kb)