SCHEDULE 21 Poisons and Explosives Precursors
Deregulation Act 2015 (2015 c 20) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 21 Poisons and Explosives Precursors

Section 90

Abolition of Poisons Board

1

(1)     The Poisons Board is abolished.

(2)     As a result—

(a)     in the Poisons Act 1972, omit section 1 and Schedule 1, and

(b)     in Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (other public bodies and offices: general), omit the entry for the Poisons Board.

Establishment of common regulatory system

2

The Poisons Act 1972 is amended as follows.

3

For section 2 substitute—

“2 Regulated substances and reportable substances

(1)     This section defines some key terms used in this Act.

(2)     “Regulated substance†means a regulated explosives precursor or regulated poison.

(3)     Subject to subsection (4), a “regulated explosives precursorâ€â€”

(a)     is a substance listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1A in a concentration higher than the limit set out for that substance in that Part, and

(b)     includes a mixture or another substance in which a substance listed in that Part is present in a concentration higher than the relevant limit,

but, in each case, only if the substance or mixture is not excluded.

(4)     For the purposes of section 3C

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