CAP. 138]
[r. 15 cont.]
Labelling of name of poison.
Labelling of particulars as to Pharmacy and Poisons.
(2) Where the poison is contained in an ampoule, cachet, or similar article, it shall not be necessary to label the article itself, if every box or other covering in which the article is enclosed is duly labelled.
(3) Nothing in the said paragraph (c) or in regulations 15 to 20 shall require the labelling of any transparent cover or any wrapper, hamper, packing case, crate or other covering used solely for the purposes of transport or delivery.
16. (1) Subject as hereinafter provided, for the purposes of paragraph (c) (i) of subsection (1) of section 19 of the Ordinance and of paragraph (3) (a) of regulation 25, the name of a poison shall be the term under which it is included in the Poisons List:
Provided that, where the said term describes a group of poisons and not the poison specifically, the name of the poison shall be—
(a) if the poison is the subject of a monograph in either the British Pharmacopoeia or the British Pharmaceutical Codex, one or other of the names or synonyms or abbreviated names set out at the head of the monograph, and
(b) in any other case, the accepted scientific name or name descriptive of the true nature and origin of the poison.
(2) For the purposes aforesaid it shall, in the case of a preparation in the British Pharmacopoeia, or the Formulary of the British Pharmaceutical Codex or any dilution or admixture of such a preparation, or any surgical dressing for which a standard is described in the British Pharmaceutical Codex, be sufficient, notwithstanding anything in the foregoing paragraph of this regulation, to state the name, synonym or abbreviated name used to describe the preparation or surgical dressing in the British Pharmacopoeia or the Formulary of the British Pharmaceutical Codex with the addition of the letters B.P., or B.P.C., as the case may be.
17. (1) For the purposes of paragraph (c) (ii) of subsection (1) of section 19 of the Ordinance (which requires preparations containing poisons to be labelled with the prescribed particulars as to the proportion of poison therein)
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