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Poisons Act 1972

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Short description: Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Short description: United Kingdom legislation
Poisons Act 1972[lower-alpha 1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to poisons.
Citation1972 c. 66
Territorial extent
  • England and Wales
  • Scotland
[lower-alpha 2]
Dates
Royal assent9 August 1972
Commencement1 February 1978[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
RepealsSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
  • Dentists Act 1984
  • Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursors Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/966)
  • European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3101)
  • Dental Qualifications (Recognition) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/1496)
  • Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39)
  • Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 40)
  • Pharmacists (Fitness to Practise) Act 1997 (c. 19)
Relates to
  • Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933
  • Pharmacy Act 1868
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Poisons Act 1972 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Revised text of statute as amended

The Poisons Act 1972[lower-alpha 1] (c. 66) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom making provisions for the sale of non-medicinal poisons, and the involvement of local authorities and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in their regulation.

The act refers to the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933, and the Poisons List. Non-medical poisons are divided into two separate lists. List one substances may only be sold by a registered pharmacist, and list two substances may be sold by a registered pharmacist or a licensed retailer.

Further provisions are made, to enable the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to enforce the compliance with the act by pharmacists, and impose fines for breaches.

Local authorities are responsible for vetting applications for list two substances, for law enforcement and control of licensed premises.

Provisions

Section 7

The Poison Rules 1982 (SI 1982/218) were made under this section.

Repealed enactments

Section 12(1) of the act repealed 7 enactments, listed in the schedule 2 to the act.[1]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 25 Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933 Parts II and III. Schedule 2.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 52 Veterinary Surgeons Act 1948 Section 23(a). In Schedule 2, paragraph 1.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 61 Pharmacy Act 1954 In Schedule 3, the amendments of sections 25 and 29 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72 Mental Health Act 1959 In Schedule 7, in Part II, the entries relating to the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933.
1963 c. 33 London Government Act 1963 Section 62(1)(c).
1968 c. 67 Medicines Act 1968 In Schedule 5, paragraphs 2 to 9.
1971 c. 23 Courts Act 1971 In Schedule 9, the entry relating to the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Section 14(1).
  2. ↑ Section 14(2).
  3. ↑ Section 13(1). The Medicines Act 1968 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1977 (SI 1977/2128).
  4. ↑ As to the commencement of this Act, see further Halsbury's Statutory Instruments, 1983, vol 13, pp 268 & 360; Halsbury's Statutes of England, 3rd Ed, 1985, Cumulative Supplement Part 1, para 1115; Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th Ed, vol 30, p 315; Northern Ireland Agriculture, p 132; Williams, Animal Feeding Stuffs Legislation of the UK, 1987, p 9.

References

  • Clifford Walsh and Peter Allsop (eds). "Poisons Act 1972". Current Law Statutes Annotated 1972. Sweet & Maxwell. Stevens & Sons. London. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1972. Chapter 66. Google
  • "The Poisons Act 1972". Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Butterworths. London. 1973. Volume 42: Continuation Volume 1972: [1] [2]. Page 1315.
  • Halsbury's Statutes. Fourth Edition. Volume 28. Title "Medicine and Pharmacy". Page 548.
  • Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition Reissue. 2006. Volume 30(2). Paragraphs 285, 286, 288 and 294 and passim. Pages 315 to 319, 321, 324, 327 to 329 and 331.
  • Gradwohl's Legal Medicine. Third Edition. John Wright & Sons Ltd. 1976. Pages 440, 447 and 448.
  • Joe Jacob (ed). Speller's Law relating to Hospitals and Kindred Institutions. Sixth Edition. H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. 1978. Pages 142, 152, 155 and 156.
  • Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy and Medicines Law. Tenth Edition. Pharmaceutical Press. 2013. Pages xxii, xxxviii, 140, 245 to 249, 256, 268, 304, 305, 330, 331, 465 and 479. J R Dale and G E Appelbe. "The Poisons Act, List and Rules". Pharmacy Law and Ethics. Second Edition. 1979. Chapter 17 at page 168 et seq.
  • Pharmacy Law and Practice. Third Edition. 2001. Chapter 17. p 160. Fourth Edition. 2006. Chapter 18. p 188. Fifth Edition. 2013. Chapter 18. p 275.
  • The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia. Title "Medicines, Poisons and Drugs".
  1. ↑ Poisons Act 1972, The National Archives, 1972 c. 66, http://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/66/enacted 



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