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POISONS REGULATIONS 1965 - REG 54

54 .         Delivery of Sch. 8 poisons other than by dispensing

        (1)         Subject to regulation 53 and to subregulation (3) a poison included in Schedule 8 shall not be delivered to a person except — 

            (a)         on the authority of a written order — 

                  (i)         legibly written in ink; and

                  (ii)         bearing on the face thereof — 

                        (I)         the date when it is written;

        (II)         the name and address of the person requiring it to be supplied;

        (III)         the quantity and description of the poison included in Schedule 8 to be supplied;

                and

                  (iii)         signed by a person licensed or otherwise authorised to procure or be in possession of the poison included in Schedule 8;

                or

            (b)         on the authority of an order placed by telephone or telex, but such an order shall be confirmed by the person requiring the poisons to be supplied, by the signing and dating of the dispatch note or invoice delivered with the goods and the dispatch note or invoice shall be returned to the supplier within 7 days of the delivery or the supplier shall notify the CEO of the default.

        (2)         A poison included in Schedule 8 shall not be delivered to any person not licensed, or otherwise authorised to be in possession of the poison included in Schedule 8, who purports to be sent by or on behalf of the person so licensed or authorised, unless the first‑mentioned person produced an authority in writing signed by the person so licensed or authorised to receive the poison included in Schedule 8 on his or her behalf, and unless the person supplying the poison included in Schedule 8 is satisfied that the authority is genuine.

        (3)         This regulation does not apply to medicines dispensed in pursuance of the foregoing regulations.

        [Regulation 54 amended in Gazette 23 Sep 1983 p. 3807; 2 Jun 1989 p. 1605; 25 Jun 1993 p. 3085; 26 May 1994 p. 2201; 19 Mar 1996 p. 1232; 15 Dec 2006 p. 5630‑1; 7 Nov 2008 p. 4818.]



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