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The Poisons List (Amendment) Order 1992

S.I. 1992/2292 · Made 22 September 1992

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POISONS

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 1972f1, and after consultation with the Poisons Board, I hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1972 c. 66.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

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 Listf1 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”.

Signature

Kenneth Clarke

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

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.