Advisory Committee on Pesticides
The ACP is a statutory body set up by Ministers under section 16(7) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 to advise on all matters relating to the control of pesticides. The Committee is established by the Control of Pesticides (Advisory Committee on Pesticides) Order 1985, SI No 1985/1516.
Introduction to the ACP
In this section are links to the ACP Terms of Reference, Annual Reports, the ACP Code of Openness, a glossary of terms and abbreviations, and details of the ACP Publications Scheme.
Membership of the ACP
This is where to find details of the Membership of the ACP together with Codes of Practice and declarations of interest.
Proceedings of the ACP
All the proceedings of the ACP can be found here. Agendas, Minutes and Detailed Records of Meetings, details of the Annual Open Meeting can be accessed, along with links to the work of the Environmental and Medical and Toxicology Panels.
ACP Letters and Communications
The ACP routinely publishes communications and responses that may be of interest to visitors of the website. Guidelines and the ACP Communications strategy can be accessed here, along with letters, responses. details of Advice to Ministers on certain issues and literature monitoring.
Contacting the ACP
The address, email address and telephone numbers for the ACP Secretariat can all be found here.