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The Act makes it unlawful for a person to sell any poison, whether included in
Part I or Part II of the Poisons List, unless the container of the poison is labelled
in the prescribed manner:—
(i) with the name of the poison; and
(ii) in the case of a preparation which contains a poison as one of the
ingredients thereof with the prescribed particulars as to the proportion
which the poison contained in the preparation bears to the total ingredients;
and
(iii) with the word "poison" or other prescribed indication of the character of
the article; and
(iv) with the name of the seller of the poison and the address of the premises
on which it was sold.
Routine visits were made to premises of authorised sellers from time to time and
no contraventions of the relevant provisions were found.
FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS
The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926, and the Fertilisers and Feeding
Stuffs Regulations, 1960 to 1964, make provision for the appointment of an agricultural
analyst, and inspectors by the Borough, and lays down standards for
declaration of compositional quality of fertilisers and feeding stuffs.
The Public Analyst was appointed to the post of Agricultural Analyst, and
certain public health inspectors were appointed inspectors under the Act.
During the year, no infringements were noted.
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Under Section 1 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1961, regulations may be
made imposing safety requirements in respect of any prescribed class of goods or
component parts, and also secure that such goods or parts are marked in the
prescribed manner. Section 2 of the Act prohibits the sale of goods not complying
with the regulations made under Section 1.
The Consumer Protection Act, 1961, repealed the Heating Appliances (Fireguards)
Act, 1952, and the Oil Burners (Standards) Act, 1960. The Heating
Appliances (Fireguards) Regulations, 1953, however, remain in force and require
that fireguards be fitted to gas fires, electric fires and oil heaters. The Oil Heaters
Regulations, 1962, made under the 1961 Act, relate to domestic space heaters which
burn kerosene (paraffin oil) and, inter alia, impose requirements concerning their
construction, design and performance.
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