❓ Hon Giz Watson questions the Department's monitoring of pesticide management by local authorities and compliance with the Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011, seeking data on licensing, permits, staffing, and potential legislative amendments to increase penalties for non-compliance.
AnsweredQoN 4387Legislative Council
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(1) Regarding the answer given to my question on notice No. 3874 on 28 June 2011, if the Department is not monitoring how many local authorities adopt the non-mandatory guide to the management of pesticides in local government pest control programs in Western Australia -
(a) how is the Department monitoring the effectiveness of the guide in ensuring good practice;
(b) how will the Department identify whether the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
need to be amended to make compliance with the guide mandatory;
(c) how will the Department and/or the Executive Director Public Health, identify whether compliance with the guidelines ought to be made a licence condition when considering licences issued or carried over under the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
; and
(d) what proportion of licences issued or carried over under the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
currently contain a condition that the guidelines must be complied with?
(2) How many licences have been issued or carried over under the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
?
(3) Regarding the answer to (2) -
(a) how many of those licences are subject to one or more conditions; and
(b) of those, will you please specify -
(i) the nature of each condition that has been imposed;
(ii) the number of licence-holders who are subject to that type of condition; and
(iii) the reasons underlying the imposition of the condition?
(4) How many permits have been applied for under the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
?
(5) Regarding the answer to (4) -
(a) what criteria are taken into account in deciding whether to -
(i) grant the application;
(ii) grant the application on condition/s; or
(iii) refuse the application?
(b) how many permit applications have been granted without conditions?
(c) how many permit applications have been granted with conditions?
(d) what is the nature of the conditions imposed on these permits?
(e) how many permit applications have been refused?
(6) How many FTE staff are directly employed in -
(a) monitoring compliance with the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
(including compliance with any conditions imposed under that legislation); and
(b) enforcement where there has been non-compliance with the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
or a condition imposed under that legislation?
(7) Will you introduce legislation, whether via the anticipated
Public Health Bill
or separately, to increase the maximum penalty imposed under the
Health Act 1911
for breach of the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
?
(8) If yes to (7), when?
(9) If no to (7), why not?
(a) how is the Department monitoring the effectiveness of the guide in ensuring good practice;
(b) how will the Department identify whether the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
need to be amended to make compliance with the guide mandatory;
(c) how will the Department and/or the Executive Director Public Health, identify whether compliance with the guidelines ought to be made a licence condition when considering licences issued or carried over under the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
; and
(d) what proportion of licences issued or carried over under the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
currently contain a condition that the guidelines must be complied with?
(2) How many licences have been issued or carried over under the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
?
(3) Regarding the answer to (2) -
(a) how many of those licences are subject to one or more conditions; and
(b) of those, will you please specify -
(i) the nature of each condition that has been imposed;
(ii) the number of licence-holders who are subject to that type of condition; and
(iii) the reasons underlying the imposition of the condition?
(4) How many permits have been applied for under the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
?
(5) Regarding the answer to (4) -
(a) what criteria are taken into account in deciding whether to -
(i) grant the application;
(ii) grant the application on condition/s; or
(iii) refuse the application?
(b) how many permit applications have been granted without conditions?
(c) how many permit applications have been granted with conditions?
(d) what is the nature of the conditions imposed on these permits?
(e) how many permit applications have been refused?
(6) How many FTE staff are directly employed in -
(a) monitoring compliance with the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
(including compliance with any conditions imposed under that legislation); and
(b) enforcement where there has been non-compliance with the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
or a condition imposed under that legislation?
(7) Will you introduce legislation, whether via the anticipated
Public Health Bill
or separately, to increase the maximum penalty imposed under the
Health Act 1911
for breach of the
Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011
?
(8) If yes to (7), when?
(9) If no to (7), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
16 August 2011
Responded by
Minister for Fisheries
Response time
7 days
This question does not fall under the portfolio responsibilities of the Minister for Fisheries.
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