Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 2292

The Poisons List (Amendment) Order 1992

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1992 No. 2292

POISONS

The Poisons List (Amendment) Order 1992

In pursuance of section 2 of the Poisons Act 1972^[1], 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^[2] 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" .

Kenneth Clarke

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office

22nd 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.

[1] 1972 c. 66. back

[2] See the Schedule to the Poisons List Order 1982, S.I. 1982/217, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. back