Agriculture (Poisonous Substances) Act, 1952 : 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. Ch. 60.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1952
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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 (5) Regulations under this Act may provide for empowering an inspector appointed under this Act to exempt particular cases or particular persons from the operation of provisions of the regulations. (6) When the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State, or either of them, propose or proposes to make regulations under this Act, they or he shall before making the regulations consult with such organisations as appear to them or him to represent the interests concerned. (7) The power of making regulations under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parlia- ment. 2.—({1) No worker employed to work as mentioned in sub- Duties of section (1) of section one of this Act shall— employees. (a) wilfully interfere with or misuse any appliance, clothing, equipment, facilities or other thing provided in pur- suance of regulations under this Act; or (6) wilfully and without reasonable cause do anything likely to cause risk of poisoning, by a substance to which this Act applies, to himself or others. (2) Nothing in this section shall be taken as limiting the power conferred by section one of this Act to make by regulations any such provision as is therein mentioned, including further provision as to matters which are the subject of this section. 3.—{1) The appropriate Minister may, with the approval of Appointment the Treasury as to numbers and salaries appoint such inspectors of ee as he thinks necessary for the execution of this Act. ee (2) An inspector appointed under this Act, for the purpose of the execution of this Act or of regulations thereunder and on producing, if so required, some duly authenticated document showing his appointment, may enter at all reasonable hours any land or premises— (a) on which a substance to which this Act applies is being, or has recently been or is about to be, used in agriculture, or (b) which is or are being used, or has or have recently been or is or are about to be, used for a purpose connected with the use in agriculture of a substance to which this Act applies, or (c) on which things required by regulations under this Act to be provided or done are provided or done, or which he has reasonable cause to believe to be land or premises falling within any of the preceding paragraphs: Provided that admission shall not be demanded under this subsection to a dwelling house, other than one in which there are, or are reasonztiy believed by the inspector to be, washing