Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977

Poisons for purposes of Pharmacy Acts, 1875 to 1962.

32.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, any substance which is for the time being declared under section 14 of the Poisons Act, 1961 , to be a poison for the purposes of the regulations made under that section shall be a poison for the purposes of the Pharmacy Acts, 1875 to 1962, and references in those Acts to poisons shall be construed as references to substances which are the subject of such declarations.

(2) Where regulations under section 14 of the Poisons Act, 1961 , provide that a substance with which a declaration in the regulations is concerned is in specified circumstances to be regarded as not being the subject of the declaration, then subsection (1) of this section shall be regarded as not applying to the substance in those circumstances.