Licence for Aerial Spraying of Pesticides

In plain language

You are not allowed to use a drone to spray pesticides in Ireland unless you have obtained a specific licence from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Requirement as structured

A person must not engage in, or permit another person to engage in, the aerial spraying of pesticides without a licence issued by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Original regulatory text

155/2012: "(1) A person shall not engage or cause or permit another person to engage in the aerial spraying of pesticides other than under, and in accordance with, a licence and the conditions attached, if any, issued by the Minister14 for that purpose.

Applies when

operation

Spraying