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Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933
This Act is chiefly concerned with the distribution by sale or
otherwise of poisonous substances. The list of poisons is contained
in an Order made under the Act and is divided into two
parts. The Council are not concerned with the poisons contained
in Part I since an " authorised seller " is a pharmacist registered
with the Pharmaceutical Society and enforcement is entrusted to
Inspectors appointed by that Society.
Substances specified in Part II may be sold by " listed sellers
and these are persons who, on written application in a prescribed
form, and on payment of stated fees, are recorded by the Council
as "persons entitled to sell poisons in Part II of the Poisons List"
at the premises recorded in the Register. The Council are required
to enforce the Act and Orders so far as they relate to "listed
sellers" and have appointed the Public Health Inspectors as
Inspectors under the Act. At the end of the year there were 143
persons registered under the Act.
Under the Poisons Rules (No. 2) Order, 1968, the following fees
to be paid by listed sellers of Part II poisons are authorised:—
(a) for entry of name in the Corporation's list, twenty-five
shillings;
(b) for retention of name in the Corporation's list, fifteen
shillings a year.
Consumer Protection Act, 1961
The majority of the provisions of this Act and the Regulations
made thereunder are enforced by the public health inspectors.
Particular attention was given during the year to secure compliance
with the Oil Heater Regulations at premises selling
secondhand oil heaters and to ensure that unsafe heaters were
not on sale. Reports were received from the Fire Authority during
the year concerning fires, some of which were caused by oil heaters
that did not comply with the Regulations. Retailers were advised
to offer for sale only oil heaters which bore a B.S.I, mark and
specific warning notice. Attention was also paid to secondhand
gas and electric fires on sale to ensure that they did comply with
the Fireguard Regulations.
Noise Abatement Act, 1960
During the year, 70 complaints concerning noise were received
and investigated by the public health inspectors. Many of these
complaints were again concerning launderettes, particularly selfoperated
launderettes which are often open until a very late hour.
The investigation by the inspectors in connection with these complaints
has necessitated their visiting the premises in question often
in the very early hours of the morning, during the evening and very