1.  This Order may be cited as the Poisons List Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1982.

2.  The Poisons List(1) shall be amended and varied so as to consist of the following substances only, that is to say:—

(a)as to Part I of the List (substances which, where they are non-medicinal poisons, and subject to the provisions of the Poisons Act 1972, are not to be sold except by a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business), of the substances specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order; and

(b)as to Part II of the List (substances which, where they are non-medicinal poisons, and subject to the provisions of the Poisons Act 1972, are not to be sold except by a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business or by a person whose name is entered in a local authority's list), of the substances specified in Part II of that Schedule.

W.S.I. Whitelaw

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

19th February 1982