Article 6 Exemption with respect to certain sales

Except as provided by regulations, nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Order shall extend to or interfere with the sale of non-medicinal poisons—

(a)

by way of wholesale dealing; or

(b)

to be exported to purchasers outside Northern Ireland; or

(c)

to a duly qualified medical practitioner, registered dentist or registered veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner for the purpose of his profession; or

(d)

for use in or in connection with any hospital or similar institution approved by an order of the Department; or

(e)

by a person carrying on a business, in the course of which poisons are regularly sold either by way of wholesale dealing or for use by the purchasers thereof in their trade or business to—

(i)

a person who requires the poison for the purpose of his trade or business; or

(ii)

a Government department requiring the poison for the purposes of the public service, or any district council requiring the poison in connection with the exercise by the district council of any statutory power; or

(iii)

a person or institution concerned with scientific education or research, if the poison is required for the purposes of that education or research.