16 CFR § 1018.4 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1018.4"
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title: "16 CFR § 1018.4 - Applicability."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1018.4"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1018"
part_name: "ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 8, Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770 (5 U.S.C. App. I)."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 45882, Oct. 18, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1018.4 Applicability.

(a) This part shall apply to all advisory committees (whether statutory or non-statutory) subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. This part also shall apply to ad hoc advisory committees and non-Commission established advisory committees when they are performing advisory services for the Commission.

(b) Nothing in this part shall apply to any of the following types of organizations:

(1) Any local civic group whose primary function is that of rendering a public service with respect to a Federal program;

(2) Any state or local government committee, council, board, commission, or similar group established to advise or make recommendations to State or local officials or agencies;

(3) Any committee whether advisory, interagency, or intraagency which is composed wholly of full-time officers or employees of the Federal Government;

(4) Persons or organizations having contractual relationships with the Commission; and

(5) Persons or organizations developing consumer product safety standards under section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056).

(c) This part shall not apply to a committee or other group to the extent that it is specifically exempted by statute from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

[41 FR 45882, Oct. 18, 1976, as amended at 46 FR 63248, Dec. 31, 1981]