# The Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursors Regulations 2015, Part 2: SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS


Table 1
Poison
Substance or article in which exempted
Ammonia
Substances not being solutions of ammonia or preparations containing solutions of ammonia; substances containing less than 10%, weight in weight, of ammonia (NH); refrigerators
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%, weight in weight, 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%, weight in weight, of barium carbonate
Bromomethane
Fire extinguishers
Formaldehyde
Substances containing less than 5%, weight in weight, of formaldehyde (H.CHO); photographic glazing or hardening solutions
Formic acid
Substances containing less than 25%, weight in weight, of formic acid (H.COOH)
Hydrochloric acid
Substances containing less than 10%, weight in weight, of hydrochloric acid (HC1)
Hydrogen cyanide
Preparations of wild cherry; in reagent kits supplied for medical or veterinary purposes, substances containing less than the equivalent of 0.1%, weight in weight, of hydrogen cyanide (HCN)
Methomyl
Solid substances containing not more than 1%, weight in weight, of methomyl
Nicotine; its salts; its quaternary compounds
Tobacco; in cigarettes, the paper of a cigarette (excluding any part of that paper forming part of or surrounding a filter), where that paper in each cigarette does not have more than the equivalent of 10 milligrams of nicotine; preparations in aerosol dispensers containing not more than 0.2% of nicotine, weight in weight; other liquid preparations, and solid preparations with a soap base, containing not more than 7.5% of nicotine, weight in weight
Oxamyl
Granular preparations
Oxydemeton-methyl
Aerosol dispensers containing not more than 0.25%, weight in weight, of oxydemeton-methyl
Phenols
Liquid disinfectants and antiseptics containing less than 0.5% phenol and containing less than 5% of other phenols;
motor fuel treatments not containing phenol and containing less than 2.5% of other phenols; in reagent kits supplied for medical or veterinary purposes;
solid substances containing less than 60% of phenols;
in tar oil distillation fractions containing not more than 5% of phenols;
Phosphoric acid
Substances containing phosphoric acid, not being descaling preparations containing more than 50%, weight in weight, of ortho-phosphoric acid
Potassium hydroxide
Substances containing the equivalent of less than 17% of total caustic alkalinity expressed as potassium hydroxide; accumulators; batteries
Sodium fluoride
Substances containing less than 3% of sodium fluoride as a preservative
Sodium hydroxide
Substances containing the equivalent of less than 12% of total caustic alkalinity expressed as sodium hydroxide
Sodium silicofluoride
Substances containing less than 3% of sodium silicofluoride as a preservative

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/966/schedule/part/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-poisons-and-explosives-precursors-regulations-2015/schedule/part-2
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