Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) Act, 1952 : 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. Ch. 60.
- Great Britain
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) Act, 1952 : 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. Ch. 60. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![& 1Eviz.2 (Poisonous Substances) Act, 1952 An Act to provide for the protection of employees against risks of poisoning by certain substances used ~ in agriculture. [30th October 1952.] E it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and B with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1.—(1) Provision shall be made by regulations under this Act Protection of for the purpose of protecting workers against risks of poisoning employees by substances to which this Act applies arising from their pen aie working— (a) in connection with the use in agriculture of such substances, or (6) on land on which such substances are being or have been used in agriculture. (2) Regulations under this Act (which may be either regulations applying to Great Britain and made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State jointly, or applying to England and Wales only and made by the said Minister, or applying to Scotland only and made by the Secretary of State) may make any such provision for the purpose mentioned in the preceding subsection as appears to them or him to be reasonably practicable and to meet the necessity of the case, and may impose obligations on employers of workers employed to work as mentioned in the preceding subsection, on such workers them- selves, and on others. (3) Without prejudice to the generality of the last preceding subsection, regulations under this Act may provide for— (a) imposing restrictions or conditions as to the purposes for which, the ee in which, or the methods or MLN | 225019](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32180822_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
