This Code of Practice is for all professional users of plant protection products in England and Wales in respect of Part III of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (FEPA) and the regulations controlling pesticides, particularly plant protection products, under that part of the Act.

It replaces three previous codes of practice from 15 December 2005:

• the Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Pesticides on Farms and Small Holdings ("the Green Code")


• the Code of Practice for the use of Approved pesticides in Amenity Areas and Industrial Areas ("the Orange Code") a voluntary code produced by the National Association of Agricultural Contractors and the British Agrochemical Association


• those parts of the Code of Practice for the safe use of Pesticides for Non-Agricultural Purposes - The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 ("the Blue Code") which deal with forestry.

The Code’s statutory basis means that it can be used in evidence if people are taken to Court for offences involving pesticides.

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Complete code of practice download
	Code of Practice for Using Plant Protection Products (pdf, 167 pages)
Code of practice in sections
	Contents and Official Status (pdf, 15 pages)
	Section 1: Introduction (pdf, 4 pages)
	Section 2: Training and Certification (pdf, 18 pages)
	Section 3: Planning and preparation (pdf, 43 pages)
	Section 4: Working with Pesticides (pdf, 23 pages)
	Section 5: Disposing of pesticide waste (pdf, 8 pages)
	Section 6: Keeping records (pdf, 8 pages)
	Annexes and end (pdf, 56 pages)
Further Links
	The Yellow Code (pdf, 60 pages)
	Disposal facilities including civic amenity sites and collection services (Pesticides Action Network (PAN) website)
	Environmental Services Association (Directory of Waste Management Services)