P-9.3, r. 1 - Pesticides Management Code

Section 87.5 Disposition versions

2023-07-06

87.5. Every person who

(1)  buries a pesticide tank in contravention of section 8,

(2)  stores a pesticide in contravention of section 15, 16 or 17,

(3)  sells or offers for sale a pesticide in contravention of section 25 or 26,

(4)  uses a pesticide containing one of the active ingredients listed in section 28,

(5)  applies a pesticide in contravention of section 29.1, 30.1, 31, 32, 32.1, 42, 51, 55, 61, 68 or 74.1,

(6)  fails to comply with a condition of this Code for the application of a pesticide prescribed by section 33 or 48.3, the first paragraph of section 74.3 or the first or third paragraph of section 74.4,

(7)  prepares or applies a pesticide in contravention of section 35, 36 or 37,

(8)  fails to send an agronomic prescription with an agronomic justification in accordance with section 74.2,

(9)  fails to obtain an agronomic prescription or agronomic justification in accordance with the second or fourth paragraph of section 74.4 within the time provided for in that section,

In force: 2024-07-06

(10)  possesses a pesticide in contravention of section 86.3,

(11)  fails to keep an agronomic justification containing the information provided for in the second paragraph of section 88.1,

(12)  fails to obtain the opinion of an agrologist in accordance with the third paragraph of section 88.1 within the time prescribed by that section,

commits an offence and is liable, in the case of a natural person, to a fine of $8,000 to $500,000 or, despite article 231 of the Code of Penal Procedure (chapter C-25.1), to a maximum term of imprisonment of 18 months, or to both the fine and imprisonment, and, in any other case, to a fine of $24,000 to $3,000,000.

O.C. 990-2023, s. 39.