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Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926.
Consumer Protection Act, 1961.
Fabrics (Misdescription) Act, 1913.
Explosives Acts, 1875 and 1923.
Road Traffic Act, 1960, Section 221.
(b) That the primary responsibility for enforcing the Merchandise Marks Acts,
1887, 1926 and 1953 and any amending legislation be upon the Weights
and Measures Inspectorate subject to the Health Department being entitled,
as at present, to deal with any offences relating to foodstuffs
discovered by their staff in the course of inspection or sampling.
(c) That both Inspectorates be given concurrent powers to enforce food
labelling laws, each to do so in conjunction with their other duties, subject
to the initial responsibility in the case of complaints not related to quantity
being upon the Health Department.
(d) That no change be made in the present system of the Health Department
administering Sections 1 to 6 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, subject
to the Weights and Measures Inspectorate being authorised to deal with
cases under Section 2 either relating to the " passing off " of natural foods
or otherwise arising in the course of their other duties.
Consumer Protection
Up to the time of transfer of functions six inspections had been made of shop
premises to ensure compliance with the legal provisions, and no contraventions had
been found.
Pharmacy and Poisons
Part II of the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, and the Poisons Rules, 1964
and 1965, made thereunder, make provision, inter alia, for the keeping of a register
by the local authority of persons who, not being entitled to sell poisons included in
Part I of the Poisons List, are, subject to the provisions of this Act, entitled to sell
poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List from premises in the area of the
authority.
The number on the register at the time of transfer to the Weights and Measures
Inspectorate was 235.
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
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