---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1018.4"
title: "16"
number: "1018.4"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1018.4"
---

# §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](/usc/15/2056.md)).
- (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.

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 8, Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770 (5 U.S.C. App. I).

### Source

Source: 41 FR 45882, Oct. 18, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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