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  "How long it is held, by rule: a set number of years 4 of 5, not stated 1 of 5 (5 rules, read 31 October 2026).",
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   "document": "Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 regulation 9",
   "question": "written_down",
   "answer": "training-or-licence",
   "answer_text": "applicator training, certification or licence records",
   "status": "stated",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31",
   "quote": "unless that individual holds a specified certificate or, if that individual does not hold a certificate",
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   "subject": "PPP (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 reg 9",
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1657/regulation/9",
   "document": "Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 regulation 9",
   "question": "by_whom",
   "answer": "not-stated",
   "answer_text": "not stated",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31",
   "quote": "The text is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-31, 7,228 characters long.",
   "text_sha256": "a83ed12d312c47aedef084c5d8bacfc042d88aa23746bdb071257724bd5f8397"
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   "subject": "PPP (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 reg 9",
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1657/regulation/9",
   "document": "Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 regulation 9",
   "question": "held_for",
   "answer": "not-stated",
   "answer_text": "not stated",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31",
   "quote": "The text is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-31, 7,228 characters long.",
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   "subject": "PPP (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 reg 9",
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1657/regulation/9",
   "document": "Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 regulation 9",
   "question": "the_rule",
   "answer": "stated",
   "answer_text": "A person (P) must not purchase, or cause another person to purchase, a professional…",
   "status": "stated",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31",
   "quote": "A person (P) must not purchase, or cause another person to purchase, a professional product for use by any individual (including P) unless that individual holds a specified certificate",
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 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171/section-171.303",
   "label": "40 CFR 171.303 Requirements for State certification plans",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "read"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171/section-171.103",
   "label": "40 CFR 171.103 Standards for certification of commercial applicators",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "not-terms",
   "why": "the read of 40 CFR 171.103 sets the standards for certifying commercial applicators; it carries no record-keeping duty in the paragraphs read"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-170.311",
   "label": "40 CFR 170.311 Display requirements for pesticide safety and application and hazard information",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "read"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/agricultural-worker-protection-standard-wps",
   "label": "EPA Agricultural Worker Protection Standard",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "read"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1657/regulation/9",
   "label": "Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 regulation 9",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "read"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1657/regulation/16",
   "label": "Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 regulation 16",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "not-terms",
   "why": "regulation 16 covers aerial spraying permits; no record duty for a pest control firm in the read"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1657/regulation/17",
   "label": "Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 regulation 17",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "not-terms",
   "why": "regulation 17 sets handling and storage rules; no record duty in the read"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.hse.gov.uk/pesticides/using-pesticides/codes-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-using-plant-protection-products.htm",
   "label": "HSE Code of Practice for Using Plant Protection Products",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "not-terms",
   "why": "an HSE index page linking the code's sections as PDFs; the record-keeping section is a PDF the read did not open"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2677/regulation/10",
   "label": "COSHH Regulations 2002 regulation 10",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "read"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/section/16",
   "label": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 section 16",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "unread"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/",
   "label": "HSE Biocides regulation, supply and use",
   "license": "the publisher's eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use, cited for reporting",
   "class": "primary-government",
   "status": "not-terms",
   "why": "an HSE index page on biocides; no rule text in the read"
  }
 ],
 "methodology": "Each rule's own eCFR, EPA, legislation.gov.uk and HSE texts on pesticide use were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row). For every text, four questions were answered from its own words: what has to be written down, who must write it, how long it is held, the rule, in its own words. Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the text read does not address the question. A rule with several texts reads 'varies' where they disagree. 5 rules, 5 texts.",
 "embed": "<figure style=\"margin:0;padding:16px;border:1px solid #d0d0d0;background:#ffffff\"><blockquote style=\"margin:0 0 8px;background:#ffffff\">1 of 5 pesticide rules read put the record with the applicator or the pest control business, newest read 31 October 2026.</blockquote><figcaption style=\"background:#ffffff\"><a href=\"https://sellpestcontroldatatoai.com/datasets/pest-control-application-records/\" style=\"background:#ffffff\">What the pesticide rules make a pest control firm write down, sellpestcontroldatatoai.com</a></figcaption></figure>"
}