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POISONS ACT

The provision of the National Health Service on the Island is set out in the NHS Act 2001. A copy of which is available from the Government Information Centre

The Poisons Act 1979 regulates the sale or supply of non-medicinal poisons, a list of these substances is contained within the Act.

The Poisons List is divided into two parts, Part 1 contains substances which in general can only be sold for retail pharmacy premises by a pharmacist e.g. arsenic, cyanide.

Part 2 of the List contains substances, which can be sold by persons who are registered under the Act e.g. Sodium Hydroxide, Paraquat.

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