Q1. What does the Chemicals Regulation Directorate do?
Q2. How many people work for the Chemicals Regulation Directorate?
Q3. Where is the Chemicals Regulation Directorate based?
Q4. How do I get to the Chemicals Regulation Directorate?
Q5. How do I contact the Chemicals Regulation Directorate?
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. What does the Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) do?
The Directorate is responsible for:
- Regulatory controls on pesticides and biocides.
- Providing the UK Competent Authority role for REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals).
- Providing policy advice to Ministers for pesticides issues and support for policy colleagues in HSE and Defra on biocides and REACH.
- Monitoring and surveillance of pesticides and taking enforcement action against illegal use.
- Supporting the UK and EU reviews of the safety of chemicals on the market.
- Designated National Authority role for Great Britain under Regulation (EC)No 689/2008, implementing the Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure for the export and import of banned or severely restricted chemicals and pesticides.
- Technical aspects for classification and labelling of chemicals.
- Co-ordinating a programme of pesticide research and development to complement the pesticides regulatory system and support our policy objectives.
- Providing corporate resources for HSE in the specialist areas covered by the Directorate in relation to HSE's activities on chemicals.
- Providing the secretariat role for Advisory Committees (ACP, WATCH).
- Communication and information dissemination on all aspects of the Directorates port folio.
Q2. How many people work for the Chemicals Regulation Directorate?
CRD comprises around 250 staff.
Q3. Where is the Chemicals Regulation Directorate based?
The new Directorate is based at two locations; Mallard House York and Redgrave Court Bootle. The respective addresses are:
Postal address: Mallard House, Kings Pool, 3 Peasholme Green, York, North Yorkshire YO1 7PX.
Postal address: 2-3, Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 7HS
Q4. How do I get to the Chemicals Regulation Directorate?
The link below gives directions to CRD in York.
Directions.
Details of the location of CRD in Bootle can be found on the main HSE website at the following link:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/about.htm
Q5. How do I contact the Chemicals Regulation Directorate ?
You can contact the CRD in York by telephone on 01904 455775 or by email:
pesticides@hse.gsi.gov.uk.
Further Contact details for CRD in York.
Contact details for the CRD offices in Bootle can be found on the main HSE website at the following link:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/contact.htm
