Poisons: Sales
Commons · Question 48303 · Tabled 25 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 6 May 2025
Question
Asked by Zöe Franklin
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to introduce legal obligations on retailers based outside Great Britain to report transactions with people in the UK involving substances regulated under the Poisons Act 1972 th
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 6 May 2025
The reporting function under the Poisons Act 1972 applies to retailers in Great Britain only.Upon importation Border Force does, however, have the powers to seize or detain if regulated explosive precursors or poisons that do not have the requisite licenc...