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Regulation for keeping records of pesticide use

The Pesticides Regulation 2009 makes it compulsory for all people who use pesticides for commercial or occupational purposes to make a record of their pesticide use. This includes farmers, market gardeners, parkland and greenkeepers, nursery operators, pest control operators, ground rig operators, landlords, landscape gardeners, local councils and government agencies, and other people who use pesticides as part of their job.

Keeping records of pesticide applications can help reduce health, trade and environmental impacts by providing vital information if problems occur. Keeping records helps to track the effectiveness of the pesticides used and, in the event of an incident occurring, assists in demonstrating that pesticides were used responsibly.

For more information you can:

• access our keeping records of pesticide use web page, which provides a simple explanation of the Regulation's record keeping requirements and what you need to do to comply
• access an example record keeping form that you can use if you wish to make a record (or request a copy of the form from Environment Line). 

Information in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Khmer, Maltese or Vietnamese has been prepared and is also available on our keeping records of pesticide use page.

Specific industry guidance fact sheets on pesticide record keeping are available in PDF format for:

• Livestock - livestock.pdf (134KB) 
• Horticulture - horticulture.pdf (131KB) 
• Vertebrate pest baiting - baiting.pdf (158KB)
• Field crops, pastures and tree plantations - fieldcrops.pdf (134KB)
• Pest controllers - pestcontrollers.pdf (151KB) and also Pest management technicians (10768PestTechnicians.pdf, 176KB)
• Landlords and property managers - landlords.pdf (151KB)
• Greenkeepers - greenkeepers.pdf (140KB)
• Public authorities - publicauthorities.pdf (147KB).