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7. An aerial spraying permit must not be issued unless the application plan is approved and the following conditions are met—
(a)there must be no viable alternatives, or there must be clear advantages in terms of reduced impacts on human health and the environment as compared with land-based application of plant protection products;
(b)the application contains information about the provisional time of spraying and the amounts and type of plant protection product or products to be applied;
(c)the plant protection product or products to be used must be explicitly authorised for aerial spraying by the appropriate United Kingdom competent authority following a specific assessment addressing the risks from aerial spraying;
(d)the application contains the reference numbers of the specified certificates of all individuals who will be carrying out the aerial spraying or any part of it;
(e)every aircraft to be used for aerial spraying must be identified in an aerial application certificate granted by the Civil Aviation Authority under article 131(2) of the Air Navigation Order 2009(1) and held by the operator of such aircraft;
(f)the area to be sprayed must not be in close proximity to any residential area; and
(g)after 31st December 2012, the aircraft is equipped with accessories that constitute the best available technology to reduce spray drift.
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