S.I. No. 188/1982 - Poisons Regulations, 1982

S.I. No. 188 of 1982.

POISONS REGULATIONS, 1982.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Poisons Act, 1961 (No. 12 of 1961), as amended by section 33 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 (No. 12 of 1977), after consultation with Comhairle na Nimheanna, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1 Citation.

1.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Poisons Regulations, 1982.

2 Commencement.

2.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1983.

3 Revocation.

3.

3. The Poisons Act, 1961 (Paraquat) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 146 of 1975 ) are hereby revoked.

4 Interpretation.

4.

4. (1) In these Regulations—

"the Act" means the Poisons Act, 1961 ;

"animal" includes fish and poultry;

"animal remedy" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Animal Remedies Act, 1956 (No. 41 of 1956);

"authorised person" has the meaning assigned to it by sub-section (3) of section 2 of the Pharmacy Act, 1962 (No. 14 of 1962);

"food" includes a beverage;

"health board" means a health board established under section 4 of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970);

"local authority" means the council of a county, the corporation of a county or other borough, or the council of an urban district;

"the Minister" means the Minister for Health;

"registered dentist" means a person registered in the register established under the Dentists Act, 1928 (No. 25 of 1928);

"registered druggist" means a person registered in the register of registered druggists in Ireland established under the Pharmacy Act (Ireland), 1875, Amendment Act, 1890;

"registered medical practitioner" means a person registered in the register established under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 (No. 4 of 1978);

"registered veterinary surgeon" means a person registered in the register established under the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1931 (No. 36 of 1931);

"sale by wholesale" means sale to a person who buys for the purpose of selling again and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;

"the Society" means the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.

• (2) In these Regulations—

( a ) any reference to an article or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to an article contained in these Regulations or, as the case may be, to a Schedule thereto and any reference in an article to a sub-article shall be construed as a reference to a sub-article of that article;

( b ) any reference in a Schedule to the percentage of a poison contained in any substance or preparation shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be construed in the following manner, that is to say, a reference to a substance or preparation containing one per cent. of any poison means—

• (i) in the case of a solid, that one gramme of the poison is contained in every hundred grammes of the substance or preparation;

• (ii) in the case of a liquid, that one millilitre of the poison, or, if the poison itself is a solid, one gramme of the poison, is contained in every hundred millilitres of the substance or preparation,

and so in proportion for any greater or lesser percentage.

5 Substances declared to be poisons.

5.

5. The substances set out in the First Schedule are hereby declared to be poisons for the purposes of these Regulations.

6 General restrictions on sale of poisons.

6.

6. (1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations a person shall not in the course of a business sell—

( a ) any poison set out in Part I of the First Schedule unless he is a person keeping open shop for the dispensing or compounding of medical prescriptions or for the sale of poisons in accordance with the Pharmacy Acts, 1875 to 1977 and the sale is effected by or under the supervision of an authorised person or a registered druggist, or

( b ) any poison set out in Part II of the First Schedule unless—

• (i) he is a person keeping open shop for the dispensing or compounding of medical prescriptions or for the sale of poisons in accordance with the Pharmacy Acts, 1875 to 1977 and the sale is effected by or under the supervision of an authorised person or a registered druggist, or

• (ii) he is a person licensed by a health board under article 14 in respect of the premises on which the said poison is sold and the sale is effected by that person.

• (2) A person shall not sell a poison from a travelling shop, vehicle or automatic vending machine.

7 Labelling.

7.

7. (1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations a person shall not sell or supply a poison unless there is legibly written in a conspicuous position on the container in which the poison is sold or supplied and on every box or other covering of whatever nature enclosing the container—

( a ) the name of the poison in the form prescribed in sub-article (2), and

( b ) subject to sub-article (3), where the poison is contained in a preparation as one of the ingredients thereof, a statement of the proportion which the poison bears to the total ingredients of the preparation and, where the proportion is expressed as a percentage, the statement shall indicate whether the percentage is calculated on the basis of mass in mass, mass in volume or volume in volume, and

( c ) subject to sub-article (4), the word "Poison", and

( d ) subject to sub-article (5), the name of the seller or supplier and the address of the premises from which the poison is sold or supplied.

• (2) Subject to sub-article (3) and for the purposes of paragraph (a) of sub-article (1) the name of a poison shall be—

( a ) where the term under which a poison is set out in the First Schedule describes the poison specifically, the said term, or

( b ) where the term under which a poison is set out in the First Schedule describes a group of poisons and not the poison specifically, the accepted scientific name, or the name descriptive of the true nature and origin of the poison.

• (3) In the case of a preparation containing a poison set out in the first column of the Sixth Schedule, it shall be sufficient to state the name of the poison or substance mentioned in the second column of that Schedule in respect of which the proportion of the poison to the total ingredients of the preparation is set out in the manner prescribed in the said column.

• (4) ( a ) The container of any substance set out in the first column of the Seventh Schedule shall, instead of the word "Poison", be labelled with the words set out opposite the description of the substance in the second column of the said Schedule;

( b ) The container of any poison which is an animal remedy shall, instead of the word "Poison", be labelled with the words "For Animal Treatment Only";

( c ) The words set out in paragraph (a) or (b) of this sub-article or the word "Poison", as the case may be, shall not be modified in meaning by the addition of any other words or marks, and—

• (i) shall be on a separate label or be surrounded by a line within which there shall be no words except the words with which the container of the poison is required to be labelled under these Regulations, and

• (ii) in the case of a poison included in the Second Schedule, shall either be in red lettering or be set against a red background.

• (5) ( a ) The provisions of paragraph (d) of sub-article (1) shall not apply in the case of a product sold or supplied for the purpose of being sold or supplied again in the same container;

( b ) In the case of a poison sold or supplied from a warehouse or depot it shall be sufficient if the container of the poison is labelled with the address of the supplier's principal place of business or, in the case of a limited liability company, of the company's registered office;

( c ) Where any poison is sold or supplied in the same container and outer covering in which it was obtained by the seller or supplier it shall be sufficient if the name of the seller or supplier and the address of the premises at which it was sold or supplied appear on the outer covering;

( d ) Where more than one name and address appear on a label, there shall also be words on the label indicating clearly which person is the seller or supplier and at which of the addresses the poison was sold or supplied.

• (6) ( a ) A poison shall not be sold or supplied in liquid form in a bottle of a capacity not exceeding three litres, unless the bottle is labelled with the words "Not to be taken";

( b ) Compressed hydrogen cyanide shall not be sold or supplied unless the container in which it is sold or supplied is labelled with the words "Warning. This container holds poisonous gas and should only be opened and used by persons having expert knowledge of the precautions to be taken in its use.";

( c ) Salts of paraquat shall not be sold or supplied in liquid form for use as a pesticide unless the container in which it is sold or supplied is labelled with the words "Keep out of the reach of children. Do not re-pack from this container. Destroy container when empty.".

• (7) Subject to sub-article (8) this article shall not require the labelling of any transparent cover, or any wrapper, ham-per, packing case, crate or other covering used solely for the purpose of transport or delivery.

• (8) A poison set out in the Eight Schedule shall not be consigned for transport unless there is legibly and conspicuously written on the outside of the package in which the poison is enclosed the name or description of the poison as specified in that Schedule and a notice indicating that it is to be kept separate from food and from empty containers in which food has been or is intended to be contained.

• (9) The provisions of this article with the exception of sub-article (1) (d) as modified by sub-article (5) shall not apply as respects the sale or supply of a poison contained in a medical preparation—

( a ) which is labelled in compliance with the provisions of article 6 of the Medical Preparations (Advertisement and Sale) Regulations, 1958 ( S.I. No. 135 of 1958 ), or

( b ) which is sold or supplied in the dispensing of a prescription issued by a registered medical practitioner, registered dentist or registered veterinary surgeon.

8 Keeping of books and records.

8.

8. (1) Subject to the provisions of articles 16 and 19 a poison set out in the Second Schedule shall not be sold to any person unless that person either—

( a ) is certified in writing by a householder in the manner described in sub-article (3), or

( b ) is known by the seller or by an authorised person or registered druggist in the employment of the seller at the premises where the sale is effected to be a person to whom the poison may properly be sold.

• (2) Subject to the provisions of this article the seller of any poison set out in the Second Schedule shall not deliver it until—

( a ) he has entered or caused to be entered in a book kept for that purpose, in the form set out in the Fifth Schedule—

• (i) the date of the sale;

• (ii) the name and address of the purchaser;

• (iii) the name and address of the person, if any, by whom the certificate required under sub-article (1) (a) was given;

• (iv) the name and quantity of the poison sold;

• (v) the purpose for which the poison is stated by the purchaser to be required;

and

( b ) the purchaser has signed his name to such entry.

• (3) ( a ) A certificate given for the purposes of sub-article (1) (a) shall be in the form and shall contain the particulars set out in the Twelfth Schedule;

( b ) Such a certificate given by a householder who is not known to the seller of the poison to be a responsible person of good character shall not be a sufficient certificate for the said purposes unless it is endorsed in the manner specified in the Twelfth Schedule by a member of the Garda Siochana;

( c ) Any certificate given for the purposes of this article shall be retained by the seller on completion of the sale.

• (4) Sub-articles (1) and (2) shall apply as respects the supply in the form of a commercial sample, otherwise than on sale, of any poison set out in the Second Schedule in like manner as if references in those sub-articles to the sale and seller of poisons respectively included references to the supply and the supplier of poisons in the form of commercial samples.

• (5) Subject to sub-article (6) so much of sub-article (2) as requires signature of an entry by a purchaser shall not apply as respects the sale of a poison to a person for the purpose of his trade, business or profession where—

( a ) the seller shall have obtained before the completion of the sale an order in writing signed by the purchaser stating the purchaser's name and address, trade, business or profession, the purpose for which the poison is required and the total quantity to be purchased, and

( b ) the seller is reasonably satisfied that the signature is that of the person purporting to have signed the order and that that person carries on the trade, business or profession stated in the order, being one in which the poison to be purchased is used, and

( c ) the seller inserts in the entry required to be made under sub-article (2) the words "signed order" and a reference number by which the order can be identified.

• (6) Where a person represents that he urgently requires a poison set out in the Second Schedule for the purposes of his trade, business or profession, the seller may, if he is reasonably satisfied that the person so requires the poison and is, by reason of some emergency, unable before delivery either to furnish to the seller an order in writing duly signed or to attend and sign the entry in the book, deliver the poison to the purchaser on an undertaking by the purchaser to furnish such an order within twenty-four hours.

• (7) All books kept for the purposes of sub-article (2) shall be preserved for a period of two years from the date on which the last entry was made therein and shall be kept readily available for inspection by any member of the Garda Sióchana or a person holding a written authorisation for the purposes of article 20.

• (8) The provisions of this article shall not apply as respects the sale or supply of any poison by the manufacturer or importer thereof or by a person carrying on a business in the course of which poisons are regularly sold by wholesale where—

( a ) the poison is sold or supplied to a person carrying on a business in the course of which poisons are regularly sold or are regularly used in the manufacture of other products, and

( b ) the seller or supplier is reasonably satisfied that the purchaser requires the poison for the purposes of that business.

9 Restrictions of sales to shopkeepers.

9.

9. (1) Subject to sub-article (2) a person shall not sell a poison by wholesale to a person carrying on a business of shopkeeping unless—

( a ) he has reasonable grounds for believing that the purchaser is a person entitled to sell the poison under and in accordance with article 6(1), or

( b ) he has received a statement signed by the purchaser or by a person acting on his behalf to the effect that the purchaser requires the poison for the purpose of his trade, business or profession and that he does not intend to sell the poison on any premises used for or in connection with his retail business.

• (2) Sub-article (1) (b) shall not apply as respects any poison set out in the Ninth Schedule which is intended for use as a pesticide.

10 Storage.

10.

10. (1) A poison shall not be stored except in a container impervious to the poison and sufficiently strong to prevent leakage from the container arising from the ordinary risks of handling.

• (2) A poison set out in the Second Schedule shall not be stored in any retail shop or premises used in connection therewith unless it is stored—

( a ) in a cupboard or drawer reserved solely for the storage of poisons, or

( b ) on a shelf reserved solely for the storage of poisons and

• (i) no food is kept directly underneath that shelf, and

• (ii) the container of the poison is distinguishable by touch from containers of substances and products, other than poisons, stored in the same premises,

or

( c ) in a part of the shop or premises which is partitioned off or otherwise separated from the remainder of the shop or premises—

• (i) to which customers are not permitted to have access, and

• (ii) in which no food is kept.

11 Containers.

11.

11. (1) A poison shall not be sold or supplied unless it is contained in a container impervious to the poison and sufficiently strong to prevent leakage arising from the ordinary risks of handling and transport.

• (2) A poison set out in the Second Schedule shall not be sold or supplied in liquid form in a bottle of a capacity not exceeding one litre unless the outer surface of the bottle is fluted vertically with ribs or grooves distinguishable by touch.

• (3) Sub-article (2) shall not apply as respects the sale or supply of a poison to a person or institution concerned with scientific education, research or chemical analysis for the purposes of such education, research or analysis.

12 Transport.

12.

12. (1) A poison shall not be consigned for transport by carrier unless it is sufficiently stoutly packed to avoid leakage arising from the ordinary risks of handling and transport.

• (2) A person shall not knowingly transport a poison set out in the Eight Schedule, either on his own behalf or on behalf of another person, in any vehicle in which food is also being transported unless the food is carried in a part of the vehicle effectively separated from that containing the poison, or is otherwise adequately protected from the risk of contamination.

13 Colouring.

13.

13. (1) Subject to sub-article (2) a poison set out in the Ninth Schedule which is intended for use as a pesticide shall not be sold unless there has been added to the poison a dye or other substance which renders it of a distinctive colour.

• (2) Sub-article (1) shall not apply as respects—

( a ) a poison which is itself of a distinctive colour, or

( b ) sheep dips which are already of a distinctive colour.

14 Licensed sellers.

14.

14. (1) A health board may grant licences to persons engaged in selling or offering or keeping for sale poisons, in respect of premises situated within its functional area.

• (2) An application for a licence under this article shall be in the form set out in Part A or Part B of the Tenth Schedule as may be appropriate.

• (3) A licence under this article shall be in the form set out in Part A or Part B of the Eleventh Schedule as may be appropriate.

• (4) A licence under this article shall have effect only as respects poisons set out in Part II of the First Schedule.

• (5) A licence under this article shall, unless sooner cancelled or suspended, continue in force for a period of two years.

• (6) A licence under this article may specify not more than two persons who may act as responsible deputies on behalf of the licensee and such persons while so specified and acting in the capacity of deputy shall also be licensed under this article.

• (7) A fee of £20 shall be charged by a health board in respect of the granting of a licence under this article.

• (8) A health board may refuse an application for a licence under this article in the case of a person who—

( a ) fails to pay the appropriate fee, or

( b ) is, in the opinion of the board, for any sufficient reason relating to him personally, or to a person nominated to act as his responsible deputy, or to the premises in respect of which the application is made, not a fit and proper person to be licensed under this article.

• (9) A health board may cancel, suspend or restore a licence granted under this article.

• (10) The person affected by the decision of a health board to refuse an application for or to cancel or suspend a licence under this article may appeal to the Minister and where such an appeal is successful the health board shall allow the application or shall not cancel or suspend the licence, as the case may be.

• (11) A health board shall keep a register of licences granted under this article and any person may, at all reasonable times, on payment of a fee of £2, inspect and make copies of any entry in such register.

• (12) Where a health board grants a licence under this article to a person who indicates that he proposes to sell poisons set out in Part III of the Fourth Schedule, the board shall send a copy of the licence to the Registrar of the Society.

• (13) For the purposes of sub-article (8), "relating to him personally" means, in relation to a body corporate, relating personally to the directors, managers or other officers of the body corporate.

15 Restrictions on licensed sellers.

15.

15. (1) A person shall not by virtue of being licensed under article 14 sell—

( a ) any poison set out in Part II of the First Schedule except in a closed container as closed by the manufacturer or other person from whom the poison was obtained;

( b ) any poison set out in the first column of Part I of the Fourth Schedule unless the substance or product sold is one of the substances or products specified opposite the description of the poison in the second column of the said Part I and the container of the substance or product is, in addition to any other requirement of these Regulations with respect to labelling, labelled clearly with a notice of the special purpose for which the substance or product is intended and a warning that it is to be used for that purpose only;

( c ) any poison set out in Part II of the Fourth Schedule unless the purchaser is engaged in the trade or business of agriculture, horticulture or forestry and requires the poison for the purpose of that trade or business;

( d ) any poison set out in Part III of the Fourth Schedule unless—

• (i) the sale is effected under the direction and control of an authorised person, a registered druggist or a registered veterinary surgeon specified in the licence, and

• (ii) the poison consists of or is contained in a preparation intended for use exclusively for the treatment of animals and is labelled clearly with a notice to that effect, and

• (iii) the poison is intended for administration otherwise than by parental injection, and

• (iv) the purchaser is engaged in the trade or business of agriculture and requires the poison for the treatment of animals in the course of that trade or business.

• (2) A person shall not by virtue of being licensed under article 14 use in connection with the premises to which the licence relates any title, emblem or description reasonably calculated to suggest that he is entitled to sell any poison which he is not entitled to sell.

16 Restriction of sales of strychnine.

16.

16. The provisions of article 8 shall apply to the sale of strychnine, its salts or quaternary compounds or preparations thereof containing 0.2% or more of strychnine as though there were substituted for sub-article (1) thereof the following—

• "(1) Subject to the provisions of articles 16 and 19 strychnine, its salts or quaternary compounds or preparations thereof containing 0.2% or more of strychnine shall not be sold to any person unless—

( a ) that person is certified in writing by a member of the Garda Siochana in the form set out in the Fourteenth Schedule, and

( b ) the quantity of strychnine (calculated as base) sold does not exceed one gramme, and

( c ) the sale takes place within a period not exceeding two weeks from the date of the certificate given for the purposes of paragraph (a)."

and any subsequent reference in the said article to a certificate, with the exception of the references in sub-article (3) (a) and (b) thereof, shall be regarded as a reference to a certificate given for the purpose of the provisions so substituted.

17 Further restrictions on the sale and supply of certain poisons.

17.

17. (1) Fluoroacetic acid, its salts, fluoroacetamide, salts of thallium or zinc phosphide shall not be sold or supplied except to—

( a ) a Department of State, local authority or health board requiring it for the public service or in connection with the exercise of any statutory powers, functions or duties, or

( b ) a person carrying on a business of pest control for use as a rodenticide.

• (2) Embutramide, fluanisone or mebezonium iodide shall not be sold or supplied except to a registered veterinary surgeon for the purpose of his profession as such.

• (3) Potassium arsenites or sodium arsenites shall not be sold or supplied except—

( a ) as an ingredient, or for the purpose of being compounded, in a medicine, or

( b ) as an ingredient in a sheep dip or sheep wash in a container clearly labelled with a notice of the special purpose for which the substance is intended and a warning that it is only to be used for that purpose.

• (4) Calcium cyanide, potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide shall not be sold or supplied except to—

( a ) a hospital, nursing home, clinic or similar institution for use in the provision of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary treatment, or

( b ) a person who requires it for the purpose of enabling him to comply with any requirements made by or in pursuance of any enactment relating to the medical treatment of persons employed by that person in any trade or business carried on by him, or

( c ) a Department of State, local authority or health board requiring it for the public service or in connection with the exercise of any statutory powers, functions or duties, or

( d ) a person who requires it for the purpose of his trade, business or profession.

• (5) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this article shall apply as respects the sale or supply of a substance or product to a person or institution concerned with scientific education, research or chemical analysis, for the purposes of such education, research or analysis.

18 Record of sales of certain poisons.

18.

18. (1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the seller of any poison set out in Part III of the Fourth Schedule shall not deliver it until—

( a ) he has entered or caused to be entered in a book kept for that purpose, in the form specified in the Thirteenth Schedule—

• (i) the date of the sale;

• (ii) the name and address of the purchaser;

• (iii) the name, form strength and quantity of the product sold;

• (iv) the purpose for which the product is stated by the purchaser to be required;

and

( b ) the purchaser has signed his name to such entry.

• (2) So much of sub-article (1) as requires signature of an entry by a purchaser shall not apply where—

( a ) the seller shall have obtained before the completion of the sale an order in writing signed by the purchaser stating the purchaser's name and address, the purpose for which the product is required and the form and total quantity of the product to be purchased, and

( b ) the seller is reasonably satisfied that the signature is that of the person purporting to have signed the order, and

( c ) the seller inserts in the entry required to be made under sub-article (1) the words "signed order" and a reference number by which the order can be identified.

• (3) All books kept for the purposes of this article shall be preserved for a period of two years from the date on which the last entry was made therein.

• (4) The provisions of this article shall not apply as respects the sale of any substance or product in the dispensing of a prescription issued by a registered medical practitioner or registered dentist.

19 General exemptions.

19.

19. (1) Nothing in these Regulations shall apply—

( a ) to any poison contained as an ingredient or component in a substance or product set out in Part I of the Third Schedule, or

( b ) in the case of a poison set out in the first column of Part II of that Schedule, to any substance, preparation or product included in the second column of the said Part II opposite the mention of the poison.

• (2) The provisions of articles 6 and 18 shall not apply as respects—

( a ) the supply of any poison by a registered medical practitioner for the purposes of medical treatment of a patient under his care, a registered dentist for the purposes of dental treatment of a patient under his care or a registered veterinary surgeon for the purposes of treatment of an animal under his care, or

( b ) the sale of any poison by a person carrying on a business in the course of which poisons are regularly sold either by wholesale or for use by the purchaser thereof in his trade, business or profession to—

• (i) any hospital, nursing home, clinic or similar institution for use in the provision of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary treatment, or

• (ii) a person who requires the poison for the purpose of his profession, or

• (iii) a person carrying on a business in the course of which poisons are regularly used in the manufacture of other products, or

• (iv) a person who requires the poison for the purpose of enabling him to comply with any requirements made by or in pursuance of any enactment relating to the medical treatment of persons employed by that person in any trade or business carried on by him, or

• (v) a Department of State or any local authority or health board requiring the poison for the public service or in connection with the exercise of any statutory powers, functions or duties, or

• (vi) a person or institution concerned with scientific education, research or chemical analysis, for the purposes of such education, research or analysis,

or

( c ) the sale by wholesale of any poison by any person in the course of a business carried on by him.

• (3) The provisions of articles 6, 7, 9, 11 (2), 13, 17 and 18 shall not apply as respects the sale or supply of any poison to be exported to persons outside the State.

• (4) The provisions of articles 7, 10, 11 and 12 shall not apply to any poison where—

( a ) it is a substance to which the European Communities (Dangerous Substances) (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 1979 and 1980 ( S.I. No. 383 of 1979 , S.I. No. 34 of 1980 ) apply, and

( b ) its packaging and labelling are in accordance with the provisions of those Regulations.

20 Enforcement.

20.

20. (1) The enforcement and execution of the provisions of these Regulations and the prosecution of offences under section 17 of the Act in relation to these Regulations may be carried out—

( a ) by officers of the Minister,

( b ) by the Society and its officers,

( c ) as respects poisons set out in Part II of the First Schedule, by health boards and their officers.

• (2) The enforcement and execution of the provisions of these Regulations as respects poisons set out in Part 11 of the First Schedule may be carried out by officers of the Minister for Agriculture.

• (3) Subject to sub-articles (4) and (5) any such officer as aforesaid (with, in the case of an officer of the Minister or the Minister for Agriculture, a written authorisation of whichever of those Ministers is appropriate, in the case of an officer of the Society, a written authorisation of that Society and in the case of an officer of a health board, a written authorisation of the board) may, at all reasonable times, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not there is or has been a contravention of these Regulations—

( a ) enter premises of any class or description,

( b ) inspect any substance which is stored or offered or kept for sale at such premises,

( c ) require the production of, and inspect and, if he thinks fit, take copies of any document or of any entry in any book at such premises, and

( d ) take (without payment) samples of poisons or of any substances stored, or offered or kept for sale, at such premises for test, examination or analysis.

• (4) Sub-article (3) shall not apply as respects any of the following premises -

( a ) such part of any premises (not being a shop) as is used by a registered medical practitioner, registered dentist or registered veterinary surgeon for carrying on his practice, or

( b ) a premises used only as a private dwelling.

• (5) ( a ) So much of sub-article (3) as enables officers of the Society to enter premises of any class or description shall not apply as respects any of the following premises—

• (i) a hospital, nursing home, clinic or similar institution;

• (ii) the premises of a manufacturer of a poison or a person carrying on a business in the course of which poisons are regularly sold only either by wholesale or for use by the purchaser thereof in his trade, business or profession;

• (iii) a premises in respect of which a licence under article 14 is in force.

( b ) So much of sub-article (3) as enables officers of health boards to enter premises of any class or description shall not apply as respects any of the following premises—

• (i) the premises of a manufacturer of a poison or a person carrying on a business in the course of which poisons are regularly sold only either by wholesale or for use by the purchaser thereof in his trade, business or profession;

• (ii) the premises of a person keeping open shop for the dispensing and compounding of medical prescriptions or for the sale of poisons in accordance with the Pharmacy Acts, 1875 to 1977.

21 Evidence of result of test, examination or analysis

21.

21. (1) In any proceedings for an offence under section 17 of the Act a certificate signed by—

( a ) the State Chemist, or

( b ) a public analyst appointed under section 10 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, or

( c ) a chemist or analyst appointed by the Society for that purpose,

stating the result of any test, examination or analysis of a sample shall, with regard to that sample, be evidence for all purposes of such result.

• (2) The certificate referred to in sub-article (1) shall be in the form set out in the Fifteenth Schedule.

22 Transiational.

22.

22. Any books required to be kept under the Arsenic Act, 1851, or the Poisons (Ireland) Act, 1870, shall for the purposes of article 8 (7) be regarded as books kept for the purposes of article 8 (2).

Article 5

FIRST SCHEDULE

PART I

Acetanilide; alkyl acetanilides

acetazolamide; its salts

Acetohexamide

Acetorphine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Acetylcarbromal

Acetylcholine; its salts

Acetylcysteine

Acetyldigitoxin

Acetyldihydrocodeine; its salts

Acetylstrophanthidin

Adiphenine; its salts

Aklomide

Alclofenac

Alcuronium chloride

Alkaloids, the following, their quaternary compounds; any salt, simple or complex, of any substance falling within the following:—

Aconite, alkaloids of

Arecoline

Atropine

Belladonna, alkaloids of

Brucine

Calabar bean, alkaloids of

Coca, alkaloids of

Cocaine

Codeine; its esters and ethers

Colchicum, alkaloids of

Coniine

Cotarnine

Curare, alkaloids of; curare bases

Ecgonine; its esters and ethers

Emetine

Ephedra, alkaloids of

Ergot, alkaloids of, whether hydrogenated or not; their homologues

Gelsemium, alkaloids of

Homatropine

Hyoscine

Hyoscyamine

Jaborandi, alkaloids of

Lobelia, alkaloids of

Morphine; its esters and ethers

Papaverine

Pomegranate, alkaloids of

Quebracho, alkaloids of, other than the alkaloids of red quebracho

Rauwolfia, alkaloids of; their derivatives

Sabadilla, alkaloids of

Solanaceous alkaloids not otherwise included in this Schedule

Stavesacre, alkaloids of

Strychnine

Thebaine

Veratrum, alkaloids of

Yohimba, alkaloids of

Allopurinol

Allylisopropylacetylurea

Allylprodine; its salts

Alphameprodine; its salts

Alphaprodine; its salts

Aluminium phosphide

Amantadine; its salts

Ametazole; its salts

Amidopyrine; its salts; amidopyrine sulphonates; their salts

Amiloride; its salts

Amino-alcohols esterified with benzoic acid, phenylacetic acid, phenylpropionic acid, cinnamic acid or the derivatives of these acids; their salts

p-Aminobenzenesulphonamide; its salts; derivatives of p-aminobenzenesulphonamide having any of the hydrogen atoms of the p-amino group or of the sulphonamide group substituted by another radical; their salts

p-Aminobenzoic acid, esters of; their salts

Aminocaproic acid

Aminorex; its salts

Aminopterin; its salts

Aminosalicylic acid; its salts

Amiphenazole; its salts

Amitriptyline; its salts

Amyl nitrite

Ancrod

Androgenic, oestrogenic and progestational substances, the following:—

Benzoestrol

Derivatives of stilbene, dibenzyl or naphthalene with oestrogenic activity; their esters

Steroid compounds with androgenic or oestrogenic or progestational activity; their esters

Angiotensin amide

Anileridine; its salts

Antibiotic substances, the following; their salts; their esters; their derivatives; salts of their esters; salts of their derivatives:—

Actinomycins

Amikacin

Amphomycin

Amphotericins

Bambermycin

Bleomycin

Candicidin

Capreomycin

Chloramphenicol

Cycloserine

Daunorubicin

Doxorubicin

Fumagillin

Fusafungine

Fusidic Acid

Gentamicins

Gramacidin

Griseofulvin

Hachimycin

Kanamycins

Lincomycins

Mithramycin

Mitomycins

Natamycin

Novobiocin

Nystatin

Oleandomycin

Paromomycin

Polymyxins

Rifamycins

Ristocetins

Tobramycin

Vancomycin

Viomycin

Anti-histamine substances, the following; their salts; their molecular compounds:—

Antazoline

Azatadine

Bromodiphenhydramine

Buclizine

Carbinozamine

Chlorcyclizine

Chlorpheniramine

Cinnarizine

Clemastine

Clemizole

Cyclizine

Cyproheptadine

3-Di-n-butylaminomethyl-4,5,6-trihydrozyphthalide

Dimethindene

Diphenhydramine

Diphenylpyraline

Doxylamine

Isothipendyl

Mebhydrolin

Meclozine

Phenindamine

Pheniramine

Phenyltoloxamine

Promethazine

Pyrrobutamine

Thenalidine

Tolpropamine

Triprolidine

Substances being tetra-N-substituted derivatives of ethylenediamine or propylenediamine

Antimony, organic compounds of

Apiol

Apomorphine; its salts

Aprotinin

Arsenic; its compounds other than those set out in part II of this Schedule Azacyclonol; its salts

Azaperone

Baclofen

Barbituric acid; its salts; derivatives of barbituric acid; their salts; compounds of barbituric acid, its salts, its derivatives, their salts, with any other substance

Barium, salts of, other than barium sulphate and the salts of barium specified in Part II of this Schedule

Beclamide

Bemegride

Benactyzine; its salts

Benapryzine; its salts

Benzbromarone

Benzethidine; its salts

Benzhexol; its salts

Benzilonium bromide

Benzoctamine; its salts

Benzoylmorphine; its salts

Benzoyl peroxide

Benzquinamide; its salts

Benztropine and its homologues; their salts

Benzylmorphine, its salts

Beta — adrenergic blocking substances, the following; their salts:-

Acebutolol

Alprenolol

Atenolol

Metoprolol

Nadolol

Oxprenolol

Pindolol

Practolol

Propranolol

Sotalol

Timolol

Betahistine; its salts

Betameprodine; its salts

Betaprodine; its salts

Bethanechol chloride

Bethanidine; its salts

Bezitramide; its salts

Biperoden; its salts

Bretylium tosylate

Bromhexine; its salts

Bromocriptine mesylate

Bromomethane

Bromvaletone

Bufexamac; its salts

Bumetanide; its salts

Buphenine; its salts

Bupivacaine; its salts

Busulphan; its salts

Butriptyline; its salts

Butylchloral hydrate

Calcitonin

Calcium benzamidosalicylate

Calcium bromidolactobionate

Calcium carbimide

Calcium folinate

Calcium sulphaloxate

Cantharidin; cantharidates

Captodiame; its salts

Caramiphen; its salts

Carbachol

Carbamazepine

Carbenoxolone sodium

Carbidopa

Carbimazole

Carbocisteine

Carbromal

Carisoprodol

Carperidine; its salts

Cerium oxalate

Chloral; its addition and its condensation products other than alpha-chloralose; their molecular compounds

Chlordiazepoxide; its salts

Chlorhexadol

Chlormerodrin

Chlormethizole; its salts

Chlormezanone

Chloroform

Chloropicrin

Chlorothiazide and other derivatives of benzo-l,2,4—thiadiazine-7-sulphonamide 1, 1-dioxide, whether hydrogenated or not

Chlorphenoxamine; its salts

Chlorphentermine; its salts

Chlorpropamide; its salts

Chlorprothixene and other derivatives of 9—methylenethiaxanthen; their salts

Chlorthalidone and other derivatives of o-chlorobenzene sulphonamide Chlorzoxazone

Cholestyramine; its salts

Cimetidine; its salts

Clidinium bromide

Clofazimine

Clofibrate

Clomiphene; its salts

Clomipramine; its salts

Clonidine; its salts

Clonitazene; its salts

Clopamide

Clorazepic acid; its salts

Clorexolone

Clorprenaline; its salts

Clotrimazole

Cocculus indicus

Colaspase

Corticotrophins, natural and synthetic

Creosote obtained from wood

Cropropamide

Crotethamide

Croton, oil of

4-Cyano-2-dimethylamino-4,4-diphenylbutane; its salts

4-Cyano-l-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine; its salts

Cyclarbamate

Cyclofenil

Cyclopentolate; its salts

Cycrimine; its salts

Cytarabine; its salts

Dacarbazine

Danazol

Dantrolene; its salts

Dapsone

Deanol; its salts

Debrisoquine; its salts

Dehydroemetine; its salts

Demecarium bromide

Dequalinium chloride

Desferrioxamine; its salts

Desipramine; its salts

Deslanoside

Desomorphine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Dexetimide

Dextromethorphan; its salts

Dextromoramide; its salts

Dextropropoxyphene; its salts

Dextrorphan; its salts

Diacetylnalorphine; its salts

Diamorphine; its salts

Diampromide; its salts

Diazepam and other compounds containing the chemical structure of dihydro-1,4—benzodiazepine substituted to any degree; their salts

Diazoxide

Dicyclomine; its salts

N-Diethylaminoethylephedrine; its salts

Digitalis, glycosides of; other active principles of digitalis

Dihydralazine; its salts

Dihydrocodeine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Dihydrocodeinone; its salts

Dihydrocodeinone: O-carboxymethyloxime; its salts; its esters; their salts

Dihydromorphine; its salts; its esters; their salts; its ethers; their salts

Diloxanide; its salts

Dimenoxadole; its salts

Dimepheptanol; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Dimercaprol

Dimethisoquin; its salts

Dimethyl 4-sulphamoylphenyl phosphorothionate

Dimethyl sulphoxide

Dinitronaphthols

Dinitrophenols

Dinitrothymols

Dioxaphetyl butyrate; its salts

Diperodon; its salts

Diphenoxylate; its salts

Dipipanone; its salts

Diprenorphine; its salts

Dipyridamole

Distigmine bromide

Disulfiram

Disulphamide

Dithienylallylamines; dithienylalkylallylamines; their salts

Dopamine; its salts

Dothiepin; its salts

Doxapram; its salts

Doxepin; its salts

Dyflos

Ecothiopate iodide

Ectylurea

Edrophonium chloride

Elaterin

Embutramide

Emepronium bromide

Emylcamate

Erythrityl tetranitrate

Etafedrine; its salts

Ethacrynic acid; its salts

Ethambutol; its salts

Ethamivan

Ethamsylate

Ethchlorvynol

Ethinamate

Ethionamide

Ethoglucid

Ethoheptazine; its salts

Ethyl biscoumacetate

Ethylmorphine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Ethylnoradrenaline; its salts

Etonitazene; its salts

Etorphine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Etoxeridine; its salts

Fazadinium bromide

Fenfluramine; its salts

Fenoprofen; its salts

Fenoterol; its salts

Fentanyl; its salts

Flavoxate; its salts

Fluanisone

Flucytosine

Flufenamic acid; its salts; its esters; their salts

Fluoroacetic acid; its salts; fluoroacetamide

Fluorouracil; its salts

Frusemide

Furazolidone

Furethidine; its salts

Gallamine; its salts; its quaternary compounds

Glibenclamide

Glutethimide; its salts

Glyceryl trinitrate

Glymidine

Guanidines, the following:-

polymethylene diguanidines; di-p-anisyl-p-phenetylguanidine

Guanoclor; its salts

Guanoxan; its salts

Haloperidol and other 4-substituted derivatives of N-(3-p-fluorobenzoylpropyl) piperidine

Heparin; its salts

Hexachlorophane

Hexapropymate

L-Histidine; its salts

Hydralazine; its salts

Hydrazines, benzyl, phenethyl and phenoxyethyl; their à-methyl derivatives; acyl derivatives of any of the foregoing substances comprised in this item; salts of any compounds comprised in this item

Hydrobromic acid; alkali metal bromides; ammonium bromide; calcium bromide; magnesium bromide; strontium bromide

Hydrogen cyanide; metal cyanides, other than ferrocyanides and ferricyanides

Hydromorphinol; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Hydromorphone; its salts; its esters; their salts; its ethers; their salts

Hydroxycinchoninic acids; derivatives of; their salts; their esters

Hydroxypethidine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Hydroxyurea

Hydroxyzine; its salts

Ibuprofen

Idoxuridine

Imipramine; its salts

Indomethacin; its salts

Insulin

Iprindole; its salts

Iproniazid; its salts

Isoaminile; its salts

Isoetharine; its salts

Isomethadone; its salts

Isoniazid

Isoprenaline; its salts

Isopropamide iodide

Isopyrin

Ketamine; its salts

Ketobemidone; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Ketoprofen

Khellin

Labetalol; its salts

Laudexium; its salts

Lead acetates; compounds of lead with acids from fixed oils

Levallorphan; its salts

Levodopa; its salts

Levomethorphan; its salts

Levomoramide; its salts

Levophenacylmorphan; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Levorphanol; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Lignocaine; its salts

Liothyronine; its salts

Lithium, the carbonate and sulphate salts of

Lofepramine; its salts

Mannityl hexanitrate

Mannomustine; its salts

Mazindol; its salts

Mebeverine; its salts

Mebezonium iodide

Mebutamate

Mecamylamine; its salts

Meclofenoxate; its salts

Medigoxin

Mefenamic acid; its salts; its esters; their salts

Mefruside

Melarsoprol

Mepenzolate bromide

Mephenesin; its esters

Mepivacaine; its salts

Meprobamate

Mercaptopurine; its salts; derivatives of mercaptopurine; their salts

Mercury, oxides of; nitrates of mercury; mercuric ammonium chlorides; potassium mercuric iodides; organic compounds of mercury which contain a methyl (CH3) group directly liked to the mercury atom; mercuric oxycyanides; mercuric thiocyanate

Metaraminol; its salts

Metaxalone

Metazocine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Metformin; its salts

Methadone; its salts

Methadyl acetate; its salts

Methanthelinium bromide

Methaqualone; its salts

Methimazole

Methixene; its salts

Methocarbamol

Methotrexate

Methoxamine; its salts

Methoxsalen

Methoxyphenamine; its salts

Methylaminoheptane; its salts

Methyldesorphine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Methyldihydromorphine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Methyldopa

Methyldopate; its salts

Methylpentynol; its esters and other derivatives

∝Methylphenethylamine, ß-methylphenethylamine and ∝-ethylphenethylamine; any synthetic compound structurally derived from any of those substances by substitution in the aliphatic part or by ring closure therein (or by both such substitution and such closure) or by substitution in the aromatic ring (with or without substitution at the nitrogen atom) not otherwise set out in this Schedule; any salt of any substance falling within this item

1-Methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid; esters of; their salts

Methylthiouracil

Methyprylone

Metoclopramide; its salts

Metolazone

Metomidate; its salts

Metopon; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Metyrapone

Mexiletine; its salts

Mianserin; its salts

Mitobronitol

Mitopodozide; its salts

Molindone; its salts

Morpheridine; its salts

Mustine and any other N-substituted derivatives of di-(2-chloroethyl) amine; their salts

Myrophine; its salts

Naftidrofuryl; its salts

Nalidixic acid

Nalorphine; its salts

Naloxone; its salts

Naphazoline; its salts

Naproxen

Neostigmine bromide

Neostigmine methylsulphate

Nialamide

Nicocodine; its salts

Nicoumalone

Niridazole

Nitrofurantoin

Nitrofurazone

m-Nitrophenol; o-nitrophenol; p-nitrophenol

Nitroxoline

Noracymethadol; its salts

Norcodeine; its salts; its esters and ethers, their salts

Norlevorphanol; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Normethadone, its salts

Normorphine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Norpipanone

d-Norpseudoephedrine; its salts

Nortriptyline; its salts

Nux Vomica

Opipramol; its salts

Opium

Orciprenaline; its salts

Orphenadrine; its salts

Orthocaine; its salts

Ouabain

Oxalic acid

Oxamniquine

Oxedrine; its salts

Oxethazaine

Oxolinic acid

Oxycodone; its salts; its esters; their salts; its ethers; their salts

Oxymorphone; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Oxyphenbutazone

Oxyphencyclimine; its salts

Oxyphenonium bromide

Oxytocins, natural and synthetic

Pancuronium bromide

Paraldehyde

Paramethadione

Pargyline; its salts

Pemoline; its salts

Pempidine; its salts

Pentazocine; its salts

Penthienate methobromide

Pentolinium tartrate

Perhexiline; its salts

Phenacemide

Phenacetin

Phenadoxone; its salts

Phenaglycodol

Phenampromide; its salts

Phenazocine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Phenazone; its salts

Phenbutrazate

Phencyclidine; its salts

Phenetidylphenacetin

Pheneturide

Phenformin; its salts

Phenglutarimide; its salts

Phenindione

Phenols (any member of the series of phenols of which the first member is phenol and of which the molecular composition varies from member to member by one atom of carbon and two atoms of hydrogen) except in substances containing less than sixty per cent., mass in mass, of phenols; compounds of phenols with a metal, except in substances containing less than the equivalent of sixty per cent., mass in mass, of phenols

Phenomorphan; its salts; its esters and ethers, their salts

Phenoperidine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Phenothiazine; derivatives of; their salts; except promethazine, its salts and its molecular compounds

Phenoxybenzamine; its salts

Phenprocoumon

Phentolamine; its salts

Phenyl aminosalicylate

Phenylbutazone; its salts

2-Phenylcinchoninic acid; 2-salicylcinchoninic acid; their salts; their esters Phenylephrine; its salts

5-Phenylhydantoin; its alkyl and aryl derivatives; their salts

4-Phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester; its salts

Phenylpropanolamine; its salts

Pholcodine; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Pholedrine; its salts

Phosphorus, yellow

Picric acid

Picrotoxin

Piminodine; its salts

Pimozide; its salts

Pipenzolate bromide

Piperidolate, its salts

Piracetam

Piritramide; its salts

Pituitary gland, the active principles of

Pizotifen; its salts

Podophyllum resin

Poldine methylsulphate

Polidexide; its salts

Polymethylenebistrimethylammonium salts

Potassium perchlorate

Pralidoxime; its salts

Prazosin; its salts

Prenylamine; its salts

Prilocaine; its salts

Primidone

Procainamide; its salts

Procarbazine; its salts

Procyclidine; its salts

Proheptazine; its salts

Promoxolan

Propanidid

Propantheline bromide

Propoxyphene; its salts

Propylhexedrine; its salts

Propylthiouracil

Propyphenazone

Prostaglandin substances, the following; their salts:—

Arbaprostil

Carboprost

Cloprostenol

Delprostenate

Dinoprost

Dinoprostone

Fluprostenol

Gemeprost

Luprostiol

Prostalene

Protamine; its salts

Prothionamide

Prothipendyl: its salts

Protirelin

Protriptyline; its salts

Pseudoephedrine; its salts

Pyrazinamide

Pyridostigmine bromide

Quinethazone

Quinidine; its salts

Quinine; its salts

Racemethorphan, its salts

Racemoramide; its salts

Racemorphan; its salts; its esters and ethers; their salts

Razoxane

Rimiterol; its salts

Ritodrine; its salts

Salbutamol; its salts

Salcatonin

Salmefamol

Salsalate

Savin, oil of

Sodium apolate

Sodium bromate

Sodium cromoglycate

Solapsone

Spironolactone

Squill, glycosides of

Streptodornase

Streptokinase

Strophanthus; glycosides of strophanthus

Strychnine; its salts; its quaternary compounds

Styramate

Sulindac

Sulphinpyrazone

Sulpiride

Sulphonal; alkyl sulphonals

Sulthiame

Suprarenal gland medulla, the active principles of; their salts

Suxamethonium; its salts

Syrosingopine

Tacrine; its salts

Tamoxifen; its salts

Terbutaline; its salts

Tetrabenazine; its salts

Thalidomide; its salts

Thallium, salts of

Thebacon; its salts

Thiambutosine

Thiocarlide; its salts

Thioguanine; its salts

Thiouracil

Thymoxamine; its salts

Thyroid gland, the active principles of; their salts

Tofenacin; its salts

Tolazamide

Tolazoline; its salts

Tolbutamide

Tolperisone

Tranexamic acid

Treosulphan

Tretamine; its salts

Triaziquone

Tribromethyl alcohol

2.2.2-Trichloroethyl alcohol, esters of; their salts

Trimeperidine; its salts

Trimetaphan camsylate

Trimetazidine; its salts

Trimethoprim

Trimipramine; its salts

Troxidone

Tybamate

Urethane

Urokinase

Valproic acid; its salts

Vasopressins, natural and synthetic

Verapamil; its salts

Viloxazine; its salts

Xylazine; its salts

Zoxazolamine; its salts.

PART II

Aldicarb

Alpha-chloralose

Ammonia

Antibiotic substances, the following; their salts; their esters; their derivatives; salts of their esters; salts of their derivatives:—

Bacitracin

Cephalosporins

Erythromycin

Neomycins

Penicillins

Spectinomycin

Spiramycin

Streptomycins

Tetracyclines

Tylosin

Virginiamycin

Arsenic, compounds of, the following:—

Calcium arsenites

Copper acetoarsenite

Copper arsenates

Copper arsenites

Lead arsenates

Barium, salts of, the following:-

Barium carbonate

Barium silicofluoride

Carbofuran

Cycloheximide

Dinitrocresols (DNOC); their compounds with a metal or a base

Dinoseb; its compounds with a metal or a base

Drazoxolon; its salts

Endosulfan

Endothal; its salts

Endrin

Fenaminosulf

Fenazaflor

Fentin, compounds of

Formaldehyde

Formic acid

Hydrochloric acid

Hydrofluoric acid; alkali metal bifluorides; ammonium bifluoride; alkali metal fluorides; ammonium fluoride; sodium silicofluoride

Mercuric chloride; mercuric iodide; organic compounds of mercury except compounds which contain a methyl (CH3) group directly linked to the mercury atom

Metallic oxalates

Methomyl

Nicotine; its salts; its quaternary compounds

Nitric acid

Nitrobenzene

Oxamyl

Paraquat, salts of

Phenols (as defined in Part I of this Schedule) in substances containing less than sixty per cent., mass in mass, of phenols; compounds of phenols with a metal in substances containing less than the equivalent of sixty per cent., mass in mass, of phenols

Phosphoric acid

Phosphorus compounds, the following:—

Azinphos-methyl, chlorfenvinphos, demephion, demeton-S-methyl, demeton-S-methyl-sulphone, dichlorvos, dioxathion, disulfoton, fonofos, mecarbam, mephosfolan, methidathion, mevinphos, omethoate, oxydemeton-methyl, parathion, phenkapton, phorate, phosphamidon, pirimiphos-ethyl, sulfotep, thiometon, thionazin, triazophos, vamidothion

Potassium hydroxide

Sodium hydroxide

Sodium nitrite

Sulphuric acid

Warfarin; its salts

Zinc phosphide

Articles 8, 10 (2) and 11(2)

SECOND SCHEDULE

Substances to which special restrictions apply

Alcuronium chloride

Aldicarb

Alkaloids, the following; their quaternary compounds; any salt, simple or complex, of any substance falling within the following:—

Aconite, alkaloids of, except substances containing less than 0.02 per cent. of the alkaloids of aconite

Atropine except substances containing less than 0.15 per cent. of atropine or not more than one per cent. of atropine methonitrate

Belladonna, alkaloids of. except substances containing less than 0.15 per cent. of the alkaloids of belladonna calculated as hyoscyamine

Brucine except substances containing less than 0.2 per cent. of brucine

Calabar bean, alkaloids of

Curare, alkaloids of; curare bases

Homatropine except substances containing less than 0.15 per cent. of homatropine

Hyoscine except substances containing less than 0.15 per cent. of hyoscine

Hyoscyamine except substances containing less than 0.15 per cent. of hyoscyamine

Jaborandi, alkaloids of, except substances containing less than 0.5 per cent. of the alkaloids of jaborandi

Nicotine; its salts; its quaternary compounds

Solanaceous alkaloids, not otherwise included in this Schedule, except substances containing less than 0.15 per cent. of solanaceous alkaloids calculated as hyoscyamine

Strychnine except substances containing less than 0.2 per cent. of strychnine

Thebaine except substances containing less than one per cent. of thebaine

Veratrum, alkaloids of, except substances containing less than one per cent. of the alkaloids of veratrum

Yohimba, alkaloids of

Aluminium phosphide

Antimonial poisons except substances containing less than the equivalent of one per cent. of antimony trioxide

Arsenic; its compounds; except substances containing less than the equivalent of 0.0075 per cent. of arsenic (As)

Barium, salts of (other than barium sulphate)

Bromomethane

Busulphan; its salts

Cantharidin except substances containing less than 0.01 per cent. of cantharidin

Cantharidates except substances containing less than the equivalent of 0.01 per cent. of cantharidin

Chloropicrin

Cycloheximide

Dinitrocresols (DNOC); their compounds with a metal or a base; except winter washes containing not more than the equivalent of five per cent., of dinitrocresols

Dinoseb; its compounds with a metal or a base

Drazoxolon; its salts

Endosulfan

Endothal; its salts

Endrin

Fenaminosulf

Fenazaflor

Fentin, compounds of

Fluoroacetic acid; its salts; fluoroacetamide

Gallamine; its salts; its quaternary compounds

Hydrogen cyanide except substances containing less than 0.15 per cent., mass in mass. of hydrogen cyanide (HCN); metal cyanides, other than ferrocyanides and ferricyanides, except substances containing less than the equivalent of 0.1 per cent. mass in mass, of hydrogen cyanide (HCN)

Lead, compounds of, with acids from fixed oils

Mercuric chloride except substances containing less than one per cent. of mercuric chloride; mercuric iodide except substances containing less than two per cent. of mercuric iodide; nitrates of mercury except substances containing less than the equivalent of three per cent., mass in mass, of mercury (Hg); potassium-mercuric iodides except substances containing less than the equivalent of one per cent. of mercuric iodide; organic compounds of mercury except substances, not being aerosols, containing less than the equivalent of 0.2 per cent., mass in mass, of mercury (Hg)

Mustine and any other N-substituted derivative of di-(2-chloroethyl) amine; their salts

Nux Vomica except substances containing less than 0.2 per cent. of strychnine

Paraquat, salts of

Pemoline; its salts

Phosphorus compounds, the following:—

Azinphos-methyl

Chlorfenvinphos

Demephion

Demeton-S-methyl

Demeton-S-methyl sulphone

Dichlorvos

Dioxathion

Disulfoton

Fonofos

Mecarbam

Mephosfolan

Methidathion

Mevinphos

Omethoate

Oxydemeton-methyl

Parathion

Phenkapton

Phorate

Phosphamidon

Pirimiphos-ethyl

Sulfotep

Thiometon

Thionazin

Triazophos

Vamidothion

Prostaglandin substances, the following; their salts:—

Arbaprostil

Carboprost

Cloprostenol

Delprostenate

Dinoprost

Dinoprostone

Fluprostenol

Gemeprost

Luprostiol

Prostalene

Savin, oil of

Thallium, salts of

Zinc phosphide

Article 19.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

PART I General Exemptions.

Adhesives; animal feedingstuffs (including medicated animal feedingstuffs) and premixes therefor; anti-fouling compositions; builders' materials; ceramics; distempers; electrical valves; enamels; explosives; fillers; fireworks; fluorescent lamps; glazes; glue; inks; lacquer solvents; loading materials; matches; motor fuels and lubricants; paints; photographic paper; pigments; plastics; propellants; rubber; varnishes; vascular plants and their seeds.

PART II. Special Exemptions

Poison	Substance or product in which exempted
Acetanilide; alkyl acetanilides	Substances not being preparations for the treatment of human ailments.
Alkaloids, the following:—
Brucine	Surgical spirit containing not more than 0.015 per cent. of brucine.
Emetine	Ipecacuanha; extracts and tinctures of ipecacuanha; substances containing less than 0.05 per cent. of emetine.
Ephedra, alkaloids of	Substances containing less than one per cent. of the alkaloids of ephedra.
Jaborandi, alkaloids of	Substances containing less than 0.025 per cent. of the alkaloids of jaborandi; preparations containing not more than two per cent., mass in mass, of the sulphate salt of trans-pilosine.
Lobelia, alkaloids of	Preparations for the relief of asthma in the form of cigarettes, smoking mixtures or fumigants; substances containing less than 0.1 per cent. of the alkaloids of lobelia.
Nicotine; its salts; its quaternary compounds	Tobacco; preparations in aerosol dispensers containing not more than 0.2 per cent. of nicotine, mass in mass; other liquid preparations, and solid preparations with a soap base, containing not more than 7.5 per cent. of nicotine, mass in mass; in cigarettes, the paper constituting the exterior of the cigarette, where that paper in each cigarette does not contain more than the equivalent of 10 milligrams of nicotine.
Pomegranate, alkaloids of	Pomegranate bark.
Solanaceous alkaloids	Stramonium contained in preparations for the relief of asthma in the form of cigarettes, smoking mixtures or fumigants.
Stavesacre, alkaloids of	Soaps; ointments; lotions for external use.
Ammonia	Substances not being solutions of ammonia or preparations containing solutions of ammonia; substances containing less than ten per cent., mass in mass, of ammonia (NH3); refrigerators; smelling bottles.
Antimony, chlorides of	Polishes.
Arsenic; its compounds	Pyrites ores or sulphuric acid containing arsenic or compounds of arsenic as natural impurities; in reagent kits or reagent devices, supplied for medical or veterinary purposes, substances containing less than 0.1 per cent., mass in mass, of arsanilic acid.
Barium, salts of	Witherite other than finely ground witherite; barium carbonate bonded to charcoal for case hardening; fire extinguishers containing barium chloride; sealed smoke generators containing not more than 25 per cent., mass in mass, of barium carbonate.
Benzoyl peroxide	Preparations containing less than 3.5 per cent., mass in mass, of benzoyl peroxide.
Bromomethane	Fire extinguishers.
Chloroform	Substances containing less than one per cent. of chloroform; solid preparations; toothpaste.
Creosote obtained from wood	Substances containing less than fifty per cent. of creosote obtained from wood.
Dinitrophenols	Substances not being preparations for the treatment of human ailments.
Disulfiram	Substances not being preparations for the treatment of human ailments.
Drazoxolon; its salts	Dressings on seeds.
Formaldehyde	Substances containing less than five per cent., mass in mass, of formaldehyde (H.CHO); nail hardeners; photographic glazing or hardening solutions.
Formic acid	Substances containing less than twenty five per cent., mass in mass, of formic acid (H.COOH).
Griseofulvin	Fungicidal preparations for horticultural purposes containing other ingredients in such a quantity as to render the product unfit for any medicinal purpose and unpalatable to such a degree as to prevent consumption by human beings.
Hexachlorophane	Preparations containing less than one per cent., mass in mass, of hexachlorophane.
Hydrochloric acid	Substances containing less than ten per cent., mass in mass, of hydrochloric acid (HCL).
Hydrogen cyanide	Preparations of wild cherry; in reagent kits supplied for medical or veterinary purposes, substances containing less than the equivalent of 0.1 per cent., mass in mass, of hydrocyanic acid (HCN).
Lead acetate	Substanced containing less than the equivalent of 2.5 per cent., mass on mass, of elemental lead (Pb).
Lead, compounds of	Machine-spread plasters.
Mercuric chloride	Batteries; dressings on seeds or bulbs.
Mercuric iodine; organic compounds of mercury	Preparations for use in agriculture, horticulture or forestry.
Mercury, oxides of	Canker and wound paints (for trees) containing not more than three per cent., mass in mass, of yellow mercuric oxide.
Methomyl	Solid substances containing not more than one per cent., mass in mass, of methomyl.
Ntiric acid	Substances containing less than twenty per cent., mass in mass, of nitric acid (HNO3).
Nitrobenzene	Substances containing less than 0.1 per cent. of nitrobenzene; soaps containing less than one per cent. of nitrobenzene; polishes.
p-Nitrophenol	Preparations for use in agriculture or horticulture containing not more than 0.5 per cent. of p-nitrophenol as preservative.
Oxalic acid; metallic oxalates	Laundry blue; polishes; cleaning powders or scouring products, containing the equivalent of not more than ten per cent. of oxalic acid dihydrate; hair treatment products.
Paraquat, salts of	Preparations in granular or pellet form containing not more than five per cent. of salts of paraquat calculated as paraquat ion.
Phenols	Butylated hydroxytoluene; carvacrol; creosote obtained from coal tar; essential oils in which phenols occur naturally;
	liquid disinfectants or antiseptics not containing phenol and containing less than 2.5 per cent. of other phenols;
	medicines containing less than one per cent. of phenols;
	motor fuel treatments not containing phenol and containing less than 2.5 per cent. of other phenols;
	nasal sprays, mouth washes, pastilles, lozenges, capsules, pessaries, ointments or suppositories containing less than 2.5 per cent. of phenols;
	in reagent kits supplied for medical or veterinary purposes;
	smelling bottles;
	soaps and shampoos;
	solid substances, other than pastilles, lozenges, capsules, pessaries, ointments and suppositories, containing less than sixty per cent. of phenols;
	tar (coal or wood), crude or refined; in tar oil distillation fractions containing not more than five per cent. of phenols; tert-butylcresol; p-tert-butylphenol; p-tert-pentylphenol; p-(1, 1,3, 3—tetramethylbutyl) phenol; thymol.
Phenyl mecuric salts	Toilet, cosmetic and medical preparations containing not more than 0.01 per cent. of phenyl mercuric salts as a preservative; antiseptic dressings on toothbrushes; in textiles containing not more than 0.01 per cent. of phenyl mercuric salts as a bacteriostat and fungicide.
Phosphoric acid	Substances containing phosphoric acid, not being descaling preparations for household use containing more than fifty per cent., mass in mass, of ortho-phosphoric acid.
Phosphorus compounds, the following:-
Chlorfenvinphos	Dressings on seeds.
Dichlorvos	Preparations in aerosol dispensers containing not more than one per cent., mass in mass, of dichlorvos; materials impregnated with dichlorvos for slow release; granular preparations.
Oxydemeton-methyl	Aerosol dispensers containing not more than 0.25 per cent., mass in mass, of oxydemeton-methyl.
Pirimiphos-ethyl	Dressings on seeds.
Picric acid	substances containing less than five per cent. of picric acid.
Podophyllum resin	Preparations containing not more than 1.5 per cent., mass in mass, of podophyllum resin.
Potassium hydroxide	Substances containing the equivalent of less than seventeen per cent. of total caustic alkalinity expressed as potassium hydroxide; accumulators; batteries.
Quinine; its salts	Preparations containing not more than one per cent. of quinine or its salts; soft drinks, wines or tonic wines; preparations containing not more than fifteen per cent. of quinine or its salts for use in the manufacture of soft drinks, wines, tonic wines or confectionery.
Sodium fluoride	Substances containing less than three per cent. of sodium fluoride as a preservative; dentifrices; mouth wash tablets containing not more than 0.2 per cent. of sodium fluoride and liquid mouth washes containing not more than 0.05 per cent. thereof.
Sodium hydroxide	Substances containing the equivalent of less than twelve per cent. of total caustic alkalinity expressed as sodium hydroxide.
Sodium nitrite	Substances other than preparations containing more than 0.1 per cent. of sodium nitrite for the destruction of rats or mice.
Sodium silicofluoride	Substances containing less than three per cent. of sodium silicofluoride as a preservative; dentifrices.
Streptomycin; its salts	Fungicidal preparations for horticultural purposes containing other ingredients in such a quantity as to render the product unfit for any medicinal purpose and unpalatable to such a degree as to prevent consumption by human beings.
Sulphuric acid	Substances containing less than fifteen per cent., mass in mass, of sulphuric acid (H2SO4); accumulators; batteries and sealed containers in which sulphuric acid is packed together with car batteries for use in those batteries; fire extinguishers.
Thiomersal	Medical preparations containing less than 0.1 per cent. of thiomersal as a preservative; eye make up and eye make up remover products containing less than 0.015 per cent. of thiomersal as a preservative.

In Part II of this Schedule the expression "granular preparation" in relation to a poison means a preparation—

( a ) which consists of absorbent mineral or synthetic solid particles impregnated with the poison, the size of the particles being such that not more than four per cent., mass in mass, of the preparation is capable of passing a sieve with a mesh of 250 microns, and not more than one per cent. a sieve with a mesh of 150 microns;

( b ) which has an apparent density of not less than 0.4 grammes per millilitre if compacted without pressure; and

( c ) not more than 12 per cent. of which, mass in mass, consists of one or more poisons in respect of which an exemption is conferred by this Schedule in relation to granular preparations.

Article 15.

FOURTH SCHEDULE

PART I

Form to which the substances specified are restricted when sold by persons licensed under article 14.