Poisons (Amendment) Act 2025 · s 2

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s 2Amendment of section 2

The Poisons Act 1952 [Act 366], which is referred to as the

“principal Act” in this Act, is amended in subsection 2(1)—

(a)

in the definition of “authorized officer”—

(i)

by substituting for paragraph (b) the following paragraph:

“(b) a police officer as defined under the

Police Act 1967 [Act 344];”;

Poisons (Amendment) Act 2025

(ii)

in paragraph (c), by inserting the word “or” at the end of the paragraph; and

(iii)

by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraph:

“(d) a person appointed by the Minister under section 31a;”; and

(b)

by substituting for the definition of “premises” the following definition:

‘ “premises” includes—

(a)

any land, building or part of any building;

(b)

any place whether open or enclosed;

(c)

any conveyance;

(d)

any installation on land, offshore installation or other installation whether on the bed of or floating on any water; and

(e)

any structure whether movable or immovable;’.