The Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012

means— (a) in relation to England,... the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation;

means an award accredited by a regulator in the United Kingdom or an award that is offered by a body that is subject to independent review by a regulator in the United Kingdom;

means any person who has acquired adequate knowledge of and advises on pest management and the safe use of plant protection products, in the context of a professional capacity or commercial service, including private, self-employed and public advisory services, commercial agents, food producers and retailers where applicable;

means the application of plant protection products from an aircraft (plane or helicopter) and “aerial spray” shall be construed accordingly;

means a permit issued by the appropriate United Kingdom competent authority authorising aerial spraying;

includes— (a) the production of any consumable produce which is grown for sale or for consumption or other use for the purposes of a trade or business or of any other undertaking (whether carried on for profit or not);

means the amounts derived from the provision of goods and services falling within the distributor's ordinary activities, after deduction of—

has the meaning given in Article 3(31B) of Regulation 1107/2009.”

includes public parks and gardens, sports and recreation grounds, school grounds and children's playgrounds;

means authorised in accordance with Regulation 1107/2009.

means a person authorised in accordance with regulation 20(1);

means a body responsible for implementing a certification system;

means a contract of service, whether express or implied, and (if it is express) whether oral or in writing.

means any interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or belonging to a government department or an office holder in the Scottish Administration or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department or the Scottish Administration;

means occupation by Her Majesty in right of the Crown or occupation by a government department or the Scottish Administration;

means any person who makes a plant protection product available on the market, including wholesalers, retailers, vendors and suppliers;

means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall.

means an individual who has entered into or works under a contract of employment.

means the powers set out in Schedule 3.

means waters (including groundwaters, surface water, transitional waters, coastal waters and marine waters), sediment, soil, air, land, flora and fauna (indigenous or not), and any interrelationship between them, and any relationship with other living organisms;

means the period of twelve months for which the income of the distributor is computed for the purposes of the tax legislation that applies to it.

means all water which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil;

means inspected under a system implemented by a body designated pursuant to Article 8(6);

means evidence in writing that plant protection product application equipment has passed inspection.

means—

means the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers;

means plant protection product application equipment to which this regulation applies.

includes a Scottish partnership.

has the same meaning as in regulation 6(5).

has the same meaning as in Article 2(1) of Regulation 1107/2009;

means any apparatus specifically designed for the application of plant protection products, including accessories that are essential for the effective operation of such equipment, such as nozzles, manometers, filters, strainers and cleaning devices for tanks;

means a plant protection product (other than a plant protection product with methyl bromide or chloropicrin as one of its active substances) authorised for one or more of the following uses—

means the financial year immediately preceding the distributor's current financial year.

includes any place and, in particular, includes— (a) any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure;

means a plant protection product authorised for professional use.

means any person who uses plant protection products in the course of their work activities, including operators, technicians, employers and self-employed people, both in the farming and other sectors and “professional use” shall be construed accordingly;

means—

means Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, as amended from time to time;

means—

means surfaces that do not allow liquid to pass through them;

means— (a) a certificate of competence relating to plant protection products recognised by Ministers having been published in a list by Ministers before 18th July 2012, for the purposes of paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2, or paragraphs 7 or 8 of Schedule 3, to the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986;

means— (a) inland waters, except groundwater;

means— (a) in relation to England..., the Secretary of State;

means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland;

means Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as read in accordance with Schedule A1, of which Annexes I to IV are as amended from time to time;

means bodies of surface water in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline in character as a result of their proximity to coastal waters but which are substantially influenced by freshwater flows;

means under the direct and personal supervision, and in the presence, of a person who holds a specified certificate, where such supervision is being provided for the purposes of training.

means persons needing specific consideration when assessing the acute and chronic health effects of plant protection products, including pregnant and nursing women, the unborn, infants and children, the elderly and workers and residents subject to high plant protection product exposure over the long term.