The Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986

Release of information to the public

8.—(1) Upon the giving of a provisional approval or of a full approval or amendment of the conditions imposed upon it, the Ministers may, at the request of any person, make available to him for inspection, on such conditions as they may determine, an evaluation of the pesticide in relation to which that approval was given or its conditions were amended.

(2) If a person satisfies the Ministers that an evaluation made available to him for inspection under the previous paragraph gives insufficient information for his purposes, the Ministers may make available for his inspection at such times and on such conditions as may be determined by the Ministers, the study reports (or other data) supplied in support of an application for the approval.

(3) A copy of an evaluation or study report may be furnished by the Ministers on payment of such reasonable fees as the Ministers, with the consent of the Treasury, may determine from time to time.

(4) No person to whom an evaluation or a study report has been made available for inspection by virtue of paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) above shall make any commercial use of the information contained therein nor, unless authorised in writing by the Ministers so to do, publish any of the contents of that evaluation or study report.