Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 : 23 & 24 Geo. 5. Ch. 25.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
[1933]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 : 23 & 24 Geo. 5. Ch. 25. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 (2) This Rule applies to the following poisons :— chlorides of antimony, sulphides of antimony, belladonna, the alkaloids of belladonna, cantharidin, carbon tetrachloride, oul of chenopodium, chloral hydrate, croton oil, mercuric iodide, mercuric oxide, santonin and no other poison. d. The provisions of paragraph (c) of section 18(1) of the Act (which provides for the labelling of poisons) and the provisions of these Rules relating to the labelling of poisons shall, notwithstand- ing anything in section 20 of the Act, apply with respect to the sale of any poisons in the circumstances specified in paragraphs (1), (3), (4) and (5) of the said section 20; and shall also apply with respect to the supply of poisons (otherwise than by sale) in hike manner as if references in the said provisions to the sale and the seller of poisons included references to the supply and the supplier of poisons respectively. 6. ‘he provisions of section 18(2) of the Act (which makes pro- vision as to persons to whom poisons may be sold and to the keeping of records of sales) shall apply to all substances in the First Schedule to these Rules, whether or not they consist of or contain poisons included in Part I of the Poisons List, and shall not apply to any other substance : Provided that paragraph (a) of the said section 18(2) of the Act shall, in its application to sales by listed sellers of Part IT poisons, be deemed to be satisfied if the person to whom the sub- stance is sold is known by the person in charge of the premises on which the substance is sold or of the department of the business in which the sale is effected to be a person to whom the poison may properly be sold. 7.—(1) The provisions of the said section 18(2) as modified by the last foregoing Rule shall, notwithstanding anything in section 20 of the Act, apply with respect to the sale of poisons in the circumstances specified in paragraphs (1), (8), (4) and (6) of the said section 20 and shall also apply to the supply, otherwise than by sale, of commercial samples consisting of or containing any substance included in the First Schedule to these Rules : Provided that the said provisions shall not apply with respect to the sale or supply of any article by the manufacturer thereof or by a person carrying on a business in the course of which poisons are regularly sold by way of wholesale dealing, if— (a) the article is sold or supplied to a person carrying on a trade or business in the course of which poisons are regularly sold or are regularly used in the manufacture of other articles; and Iixtension of labelling provisions. Limitation of section 18 (2) to certain substances. Extension of section 18(2) to sales wholesale etc. and relaxation of the said subsection.