1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Poisons (Amendment) Rules 1985 and (with the exception of Rule 3 and the Schedule which shall come into operation on 1st January 1986) shall come into operation on 1st October 1985.
(2) In these Rules “the principal Rules” means
2.—(1) In Schedule 1 to the principal Rules, after the word “Aldicarb” there shall be inserted the word “Alpha-chloralose”.
(2) Rule 7 of the principal Rules shall be amended by the substitution, for the words from “or zinc phosphide” to the end, of the words “, zinc phosphide or alpha-chloralose where the article is one of the articles to which sale of the poison is restricted by Rule 10(2)(a).”.
3.—(1) The principal Rules shall be further amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Rules.
(2) In the Schedule to these Rules, any reference to a Rule or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to a Rule contained in the principal Rules, or, as the case may be, to a Schedule thereto.
Leon Brittan
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
12th July 1985