These Regulations amend the European Communities (Sustainable Use of Pesticides) Regulations 2012 to give effect to Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782, to clarify the registration requirements for professional users, to broaden the pesticide application equipment requiring inspection and to increase the protection of water sources used for the abstraction of water for human consumption from pesticide use.
A person shall not use a pesticide within the relevant specified distance of a type or class of water source specified in a list referred to in these Regulations and made by the Minister. Also, a person shall not use a pesticide close to water other than in accordance with the conditions set out in the approved label for that pesticide. The Minister may remove a professional user from the Register, where the professional user is found to cause water pollution.