The Poisons (Amendment) Rules 1986

Made: 9th January 1986

Laid before Parliament: 21st January 1986

Coming into Operation: 1st April 1986

In pursuance of section 7 of the Poisons Act 1972 and on the recommendation of the Poisons Board, I hereby make the following Rules:–

1

These Rules may be cited as the Poisons (Amendment) Rules 1986 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1986.

2

• (1) The Poisons Rules 1982[^f00001] shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Rule.

• (2) In Schedule 1, after the item beginning with the word “Lead” there shall be inserted the item “Magnesium phosphide”.

• (3) In Schedule 4, in Group II, in the entry in the second column relating to the phosphorus compound dichlorvos there shall be added at the end the words “; ready for use liquid preparations containing not more than one per cent., weight in volume, of dichlorvos”.

Signed

Douglas Hurd — One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State — Home Office — 9th January 1986

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Rules amend the Poisons Rules 1982 by adding to Schedule 1 (poisons to which special restrictions apply) the substance magnesium phosphide, which is added to the Poison List by the Poisons List Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/9), and by including, in the special exemptions contained in Schedule 4, ready for use liquid preparations containing not more than one per cent. of dichlorvos.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: ,amended by S.I. 1985/1077.