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common use which may be sold from the premises of
' listed sellers of Part II poisons," i.e., persons registered
with their Local Authority for the purpose, as well as from
the premises of " authorised sellers of poisons."
It is the duty of the Local Authority, by means of inspection and otherwise, to secure compliance by listed sellers
of Part II poisons, and other persons not being authorised
sellers of poisons, with the provisions of the Act and Rules
relating to Part II poisons. An Inspector of a Local
Authority has power at all reasonable times to enter any
premises, on which a listed seller carries on business, and
any other premises on which the Inspector has reasonable
cause to suspect that a breach of the law has been committed in respect of any poisons included in Part II of the
Poisons list. He has further powers to make such examination
and enquiry, and to do such other things, including
the taking of samples, as may be necessary for the purposes of the inspection.
The actual provisions of the Act and Rules are very
comprehensive and quite beyond the scope of this Report,
but the principal changes effected in so far as concerns
shopkeepers who are registered by their Local Authority
as " listed sellers " are :—
(a) The sale of certain poisonous preparations used
in agriculture and horticulture is now permitted to
any trader who is registered for the purpose.
(b) Traders so registered are now permitted to sell
carbolic disinfectant containing up to 60 per cent.
of phenols, whereas formerly the sale of liquids containing more than 3 per cent. of phenols was restricted
to chemists' shops.
(c) The sale of ammonia of over 5 per cent.
strength, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, and a few other
poisonous substances, which hitherto was unrestricted,