Regulation for keeping records of pesticide use
The Pesticides Regulation makes it compulsory for all people who use pesticides for commercial or occupational purposes to make a record of their pesticide use. This includes farmers, market gardeners, parkland and green keepers, nursery operators, pest control operators, ground rig operators, landlords, landscape gardeners and local councils and government agencies, and other people who use pesticides as part of their job.
Keeping records of pesticide applications can help reduce health, trade and environmental impacts by providing vital information if problems occur. Keeping records helps to track the effectiveness of the pesticides used and, in the event of incident occurring, assist in demonstrating that pesticides were used responsibly.
For more information you can:
- access our Keeping records of pesticide use webpage, which provides a simple explanation of the Regulation's record keeping requirements and what you need to do to comply
- access an Example record keeping form that you can use if you wish to make a record (or request a copy of the form from DECC's Environment Line)
- access the Pesticides Regulation 1995.
Information in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Khmer, Maltese or Vietnamese has been prepared and is also available on our Keeping records of pesticide use page.
Specific industry guidance fact sheets on pesticide record keeping are available in PDF format (requires Acrobat Reader) for:
- Livestock - livestock.pdf (134 kb)
- Horticulture - horticulture.pdf (131 kb)
- Vertebrate pest baiting - baiting.pdf (158 kb)
- Fieldcrops, pastures and tree plantations - fieldcrops.pdf (134 kb)
- Pest controllers - pestcontrollers.pdf (151 kb)
- Landlords and property managers - landlords.pdf (151 kb)
- Greenkeepers - greenkeepers.pdf (140 kb)
- Public authorities - publicauthorities.pdf (147 kb).