Poisons Act 1972 Explained
| Short Title: | Poisons Act 1972[1] |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to poisons. |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 1972 c. 66 |
| Territorial Extent: | England and Wales and Scotland[2] |
| Royal Assent: | 9 August 1972 |
| Commencement: | 1 February 1978[3] [4] |
| Status: | Amended |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/66/enacted |
| Revised Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/66 |
The Poisons Act 1972[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.
Section 7
The Poison Rules 1982 (SI 1982/218) were made under this section.
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: https://books.google.com/books?id=44RQAQAAIAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=lOpPAQAAIAAJ. 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".
Notes and References
- The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 14(1) of this act.
- The Poisons Act 1972, section 14(2)
- The Poisons Act 1972, section 13(1); the Medicines Act 1968 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1977 (SI 1977/2128).
- 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.
