15.—(1) Upon being satisfied that the applicant is sufficiently competent and in all other respects a fit and proper person to be entrusted to apply or otherwise use pesticides in the cultivation of plants safely and upon the payment of the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule, the Director may issue a pesticide operator’s certificate to the applicant subject to such conditions as he may think fit to impose.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Director may, subject to such conditions as he may think fit to impose and upon the payment of the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule, issue a provisional pesticide operator’s certificate to any applicant who has not attained the requisite qualification or acquired the requisite practical experience in pesticide application but who is undergoing any training referred to in rule 14(2).
(3) Every pesticide operator’s certificate or provisional pesticide operator’s certificate shall be in such form as the Director may determine.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the Director may refuse to issue a pesticide operator’s certificate or a provisional pesticide operator’s certificate without assigning any reason therefor.
(5) The Director may at any time add to, vary or revoke any of the conditions subject to which a pesticide operator’s certificate or a provisional pesticide operator’s certificate has been issued.