Poisons Act, 1961

Constitution of the Council.

4.—(1) The Council shall consist of—

(a) three persons each of whom is a registered medical practitioner, has, for a period of not less than ten years before the date of his appointment as a member of the Council, been registered, or been entitled to be registered, in the Register of Medical Practitioners for Ireland and possesses an academic qualification which is higher than the minimum qualification required for such registration and is, in the opinion of the Minister, a desirable qualification as respects membership of the Council,

(b) five persons each of whom is a registered pharmaceutical chemist and has, for a period of not less than ten years before the date of his appointment as a member of the Council, been registered, or been entitled to be registered, in the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists for Ireland,

(c) one person who is a registered dentist and has, for a period of not less than ten years before the date of his appointment as a member of the Council, been registered,or been entitled to be registered, in the Register of Dentists for Ireland,

(d) two persons nominated by the Minister for Agriculture each of whom is a registered veterinary surgeon,

(e) one person with special knowledge and experience of the use of poisonous substances in agriculture nominated by the Minister for Agriculture,

(f) two persons nominated by the Minister for Agriculture each of whom is a person whose main occupation is farming, and

(g) three other persons (whether or not having any qualification referred to in the foregoing paragraphs).

(2) At least two of the persons referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section shall be Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

(3) (a) Each of three, but not more than three, of the persons referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall be a person whose main occupation is either the carrying on of the business of pharmaceutical chemist or in employment as a pharmacist and at least two of those three persons shall be persons who, on the date of their appointment as members of the Council, are members of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.

(b) At least one of the persons referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall be a person whose main occupation is the teaching of pharmacy or a similar subject.

(4) One member of the Council shall be the chairman and the others shall be ordinary members.

(5) The Minister shall appoint a person to act as secretary to the Council.