SICM 4 - The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Advisory Committees on Pesticides) Order 2015

The objective of this Order is to abolish the Advisory Committee on
Pesticides (the “ACP”) and the Advisory Committee on Pesticides
(Northern Ireland) (the ACP(NI)), both committees are jointly referred to
in this document as the ACPs. The ACPs were established under
section 16(7) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (FEPA)
as statutory non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). Following
abolition, the intention is to replace the ACPs with a non-statutory
expert committee of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (Defra).