Queensland Consolidated Regulations

MEDICINES AND POISONS (PEST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES) REGULATION 2021 - REG 46

46 Records of use of fumigants or pesticides

(1) A qualified person must make a record stating each of the following matters for each pest management activity carried out by the person—

(a) the date of the activity;

(b) the address and a description of the place where the activity was carried out;

(c) if the activity was requested by a customer—the contact details of the customer;

(d) if the person is a licensed technician, or the carrying out of the activity by the person was supervised by a licensed technician—the technician’s licence number;

(e) the following information about the fumigant or pesticide used for the activity—

(i) the name by which the fumigant or pesticide is marketed or sold;

(ii) each active constituent of the fumigant or pesticide and the strength and amount of each active constituent;

(iii) for a fumigant or a pesticide used for timber pests—the rate of application for the fumigant or pesticide.

(2) The qualified person must make the record as soon as practicable, but no later than 24 hours, after the pest management activity is carried out.

(3) The qualified person must—

(a) if the person is carrying out the pest management activity for another person who is a business operator—give the record, or a copy of the record, to the operator; or

(b) otherwise—keep the record.

(4) A termite management certificate issued for a pest management activity is taken to be a record complying with subsection (1) .

(5) In this section—

"termite management certificate" means a certificate of installation, or certificate of termite treatment, issued under a termite management standard for a pest management activity to which the standard applies.

"termite management standard" means each of the following—

(a) AS 3660.1 (Termite management: New building work);

(b) AS 3660.2 (Termite management: In and around existing buildings and structures);

(c) AS 3660.3 (Termite management: Assessment criteria for termite management systems).