Poisons Act, 1961

Functions of the Council.

3.—(1) The Council shall advise the Minister in relation to any regulations under section 14 of this Act and the Minister for Agriculture in relation to any regulations under section 15 of this Act.

(2) The Council shall advise the Minister or the Minister for Agriculture on such other matters in relation to poisons, their manufacture, storage, transport, distribution, sale and use and the regulation, limitation, control and supervision of such manufacture, storage, transport, distribution, sale and use as the Minister or the Minister for Agriculture, as the case may be, shall refer to it.

(3) (a) The Council shall advise the Minister in relation to any regulations made or proposed to be made after the commencement of this section under section 65 of the Health Act, 1947 , which he refers to it.

(b) The provisions of subsection (17) (inserted by section 41 of the Health Act, 1953 ) of section 98 of the Health Act, 1947 , shall not apply in relation to regulations made or proposed to be made under the aforesaid section 65 which are referred to the Council under this subsection.