Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan b) Every contractor undertaking the land-based application of agrichemicals shall be a registered chemical applicator, or hold an equivalent qualification; and c) Every pilot undertaking the aerial application of agrichemicals shall hold a current GROWSAFE Agrichemical Rating, or an equivalent qualification. 38.1.3.1.6 The property owner or manager shall keep records of agrichemical use in accordance with Section 5.9 - Agrichemical Users’ Code of Practice (NZS 8409:1995: New Zealand Agrichemical Education Trust), and shall make such records available to the Council on request. 38.1.4 Deadly Poisons (as listed in the First Schedule of the Toxic Substances Regulations 1983) 38.1.4.1 Application of Deadly Poisons The hand application of deadly poisons on all land, and the aerial application on private land, in circumstances which may result in the deadly poison (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of natural processes from the deadly poison) entering water, is a Permitted Activity subject to the following conditions. 38.1.4.1.1 Conditions a) The application shall be undertaken in a manner which does not exceed any rate, or contravene any other requirement, specified in the deadly poison manufacturer’s instructions and any instructions attached to or enclosed with the product; b) The application shall be for the purpose of eradicating, modifying or controlling vertebrate animals only, and shall not include the disposal of any deadly poison onto or into land; and c) The applicator shall keep a written record of the location, timing and amount of the deadly poison application, and how the requirements of this Rule have been met; and provide this information to the Council on request. Advisory Note Under the Pesticides (Vertebrate Pest Control) Regulations 1983, approval is required from the Medical Officer of Health and the appropriate territorial local authority for any use of deadly poisons: • On a public road; • In any other place to which the public is entitled to have access; • Within 60 metres of a public road, or of any other place to which the public is entitled to have access; • Inside (or within 400 metres of) the boundaries of any area or district that is controlled by a territorial local authority; • Inside (or within 400 metres of) the boundaries of any community, as defined in the Local Government Act 1974; or • In any catchment area from which water for human consumption is drawn. Any application of a deadly poison must also be publicly notified at least two weeks in advance, and notices erected at every public access route where people normally obtain access to the land. The permission of affected landowners is required before any deadly poison can be used on their land. 38 - 4