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11.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to the following plant protection product application equipment in professional use (“specified equipment”)—
(a)spraying equipment mounted on trains or aircraft;
(b)boom sprayers longer than 3 metres, including boom sprayers mounted on sowing equipment and variable geometry booms; and
(c)vehicle-mounted or drawn sprayers which broadcast spray droplets, in an air stream produced by forced air, which carry upwards and outwards from the source of the spray.
(2) A person who owns or leases specified equipment that was purchased for the first time on or before 26th November 2011 must ensure that it is inspected before 26th November 2016.
(3) Paragraph (2) ceases to have effect on 26th November 2016.
(4) A person who owns or leases specified equipment that was purchased for the first time after 26th November 2011 and is less than five years old starting with the date of first purchase must ensure that it is inspected before the fifth anniversary of the date of first purchase.
(5) A person who owns or leases specified equipment that is more than five years old starting with the date of first purchase must ensure that—
(a)prior to 26th November 2020 such equipment is inspected at least once every five years;
(b)after 26th November 2020 such equipment is inspected at least once every three years.
(6) Where by 26th November 2020 specified equipment that is more than five years old starting with the date of first purchase has not been inspected for three years, the person who owns or leases that equipment must ensure that it is inspected by that date.
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