# The Poisons List (Amendment) Order 1992

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

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

Made under: Poisons Act 1972

## Introductory text

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 1972, 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 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2292 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/poisons-list-amendment-order-1992
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