Purchase and Use of Pesticides by Ontario Weed Inspectors - Regulation 63/09 of the Ontario Pesticide Act
Provincial Weed Inspectors
A weed inspector designated under the Weed Control Act requires an exterminator licence in order to purchase and use Commercial herbicides in Classes B or C to control noxious weeds that interfere with land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes.
The inspector needs a Landscape Exterminator Licence to buy and use Class B or C herbicides for the control of noxious weeds to maintain turf or ornamentals.
The inspector needs an Industrial Vegetation Exterminator Licence to buy and use Class B or C herbicides for the control of noxious weeds in areas that benefit a public work.
For example, if a weed inspector ordered a landowner to remove a noxious weed along a roadside (i.e. a highway which is a public work as defined in O. Reg.63/09) because the noxious weeds are interfering with land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes, the landowner and the weed inspector have several options:
A weed inspector designated under the Weed Control Act requires an exterminator licence in order to purchase and use Commercial herbicides in Classes B or C to control noxious weeds that interfere with land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes.
The inspector needs a Landscape Exterminator Licence to buy and use Class B or C herbicides for the control of noxious weeds to maintain turf or ornamentals.
The inspector needs an Industrial Vegetation Exterminator Licence to buy and use Class B or C herbicides for the control of noxious weeds in areas that benefit a public work.
For example, if a weed inspector ordered a landowner to remove a noxious weed along a roadside (i.e. a highway which is a public work as defined in O. Reg.63/09) because the noxious weeds are interfering with land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes, the landowner and the weed inspector have several options:
- The landowner can mechanically remove the noxious weeds.
- The landowner can purchase and use a Class D herbicide that is labelled for the noxious weed.
- The landowner can hire an Industrial Vegetation Licensed Exterminator to use Class B or C herbicide products.
- The landowner can obtain an Industrial Vegetation Exterminator Licence and purchase and use a Class B or C herbicide products to control the noxious weeds.
a. using mechanical methods and use subsection 15(6) of the Weed Control Act to collect the costs from the landowner, or;
b. hiring an Industrial Vegetation Licensed Exterminator to use a herbicide product and use subsection 15(6) of the Weed Control Act to collect the costs from the landowner.
b. hiring an Industrial Vegetation Licensed Exterminator to use a herbicide product and use subsection 15(6) of the Weed Control Act to collect the costs from the landowner.