The Poisons List (Amendment) Order 1992

Made: 22nd September 1992

Laid before Parliament: 30th September 1992

Coming into force: 1st November 1992

In pursuance of section 2 of the Poisons Act 1972[^f00001], and after consultation with the Poisons Board, I hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Poisons List (Amendment) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st November 1992.

2

The Poisons List[^f00002] shall be amended as follows—

• (a) in Part I of the List, for the entry relating to phenols there shall be substituted the following:

Phenols (phenol; phenolic isomers of the following— cresols, xylenols, monoethylphenols) except in substances containing less than sixty per cent, weight in weight, of phenols; compounds of phenols with a metal, except in substances containing less than the equivalent of sixty per cent, weight in weight, of phenols

; and

• (b) in Part II of the List, for the entry relating to phenols there shall be substituted the following:

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

Signed

Kenneth Clarke — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 22nd September 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 1st November 1992, provides a more specific definition of phenols for the purposes of the Poisons List.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 66.

[^f00002]: See the Schedule to the Poisons List Order 1982, S.I. 1982/217, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.