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Schedule AMENDMENTS TO SCHEDULE 4 TO THE POISONS RULES 1982

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The entry for phenols in Group II of Schedule 4 to the principal rules shall be amended as follows:

(a)

the following items shall be deleted, namely—

  • butylated hydroxytoluene

  • carvacrol

  • essential oils in which phenols occur naturally

  • tert-butylcresol

  • p-tert-butylphenol

  • p-tert-pentylphenol

  • p-(1, 1, 3, 3 - tetramethylbutyl) phenol

  • thymol;

(b)

for the words “liquid disinfectants or antiseptics not containing phenol and containing less than 2.5 per cent of other phenols” there shall be substituted the following words:

“liquid disinfectants and antiseptics containing less than 0.5 per cent phenol and containing less than 5 per cent of other phenols (as defined in the Poisons List)”.