S.L. 430.8 Art. 2Definitions.

For the purpose of these regulations, the following definitions shall apply:

"the Act" means the Pesticides Control Act;

"advisor" means any person who has acquired adequate knowledge and advises on pest management and the safe use of pesticides, 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; "distributor" means any natural or legal person who makes a pesticide available on the market, including wholesalers, retailers, vendors and suppliers; "herbicides" means plant protection products used to control unwanted plants "integrated pest management" means careful consideration of all available plant protection methods and subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms and keep the use of plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that

*see regulation 1(2) of these regulations, as originally promulgated. are economically and ecologically justified and reduce or minimise risks to human health and the environment. Integrated pest management emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms; "non-chemical methods" means alternative methods to chemical pesticides for plant protection and pest management, based on agronomic techniques such as those referred to in point 1 of Schedule III, or physical, mechanical or biological pest control methods; "pesticide" means:

(a) a plant protection product as defined in Regulation

(EC) No 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC as implemented by the Plant Protection Products

(Implementation) Regulations;

(b) a biocidal product as defined in the Biocides

Regulations. "pesticide application equipment" means any apparatus specifically intended for the application of pesticides, including accessories that are essential for the effective operation of such equipment, such as nozzles, manometers, filters, strainers and cleaning devices for tanks; "professional user" means any person who uses pesticides in the course of their professional activities, including operators, technicians, employers and self-employed people, both in the farming and other sectors;

"risk indicator" means the result of a method of calculation that is used to evaluate risks of pesticides on human health and, or the environment; "spraying" means application of pesticides from an aircraft, whether by plane or by helicopter; the terms "surface water" and "groundwater" have the same meaning as that provided in the Water Policy Framework Regulations.