1987 Ed.]
Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations
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(b) in the case of a liquid, that 1 millilitre of the poison, or, if the poison itself is a solid, 1 gramme of the poison, is contained in every 100 millilitres of the substance or preparation,
and so in proportion for any greater or less percentage.
(4) Substances listed under the headings "A" in the Schedules to these regulations are those whose uses are essentially medicinal, whilst substances listed under the headings "B" are not normally used medicinally.
(5) Where in these regulations reference is made to a numbered section the reference shall be a reference to that section of the Ordinance.
(6) Where functions are conferred on a committee by any provision of these regulations, references in such provision to "the Committee" shall be construed as references to the executive committee established under section 4A of the Ordinance for the purpose of performing such functions.
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[Subsidiary]
L.N. 369/80.
section 22 restricted to the First Schedule. L.N. 85/87.
3. Section 22 (which sets out the person to whom poisons included in Part I of the Poisons List may be sold and which requires the making of entries in the poisons book) shall apply to substances included in the First Schedule other than those substances included in the Third Schedule.
Third Schedule.
Extension of provisions and relaxation with respect to poisons in the Sixth Schedule.
4. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the provisions of section 27 and regulations 12 to 17 (which provisions relate to the labelling of poisons) shall apply to sales exempted by section 32, and shall also apply to the supply of poisons (otherwise than on sale) and references in those provisions to the sale and the seller of poisons shall be deemed to refer to the supply and the supplier of poisons respectively.
(2) In the case of the sale or supply of any of the poisons included in the Sixth Schedule to a person who-
(a) carries on a business in the course of which poisons are regularly sold by way of wholesale dealing or are regularly used in the manufacture of other articles; and
(b) requires the poison for the purpose of that business, if the outside of the package in which the poison is sold or supplied is labelled conspicuously with words indicating the dangerous properties of the poison, it shall be necessary to comply only with regulation 15 and section 27(a) and section 27(d) (as modified by regulation 17).
5. (1) Section 22 shall apply to sales exempted by section 32, except sales of poisons to be exported to purchasers outside Hong Kong, and shall also apply to the supply in the form of a commercial sample, otherwise than on sale, of any substance included in the First Schedule in like manner as if references in section 22 to the sale and seller of poisons respectively included references to the supply and the supplier of poisons in the form of commercial samples:
Sixth Schedule.
Extension of section 22 to sales wholesale etc. and relaxation of the section. First Schedule.
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