Methylated Spirits (Sale by Retail) (Scotland) Act 1937 (repealed)

Methylated Spirits (Sale by Retail) (Scotland) Act 1937

1937 CHAPTER 48 1 Edw 8 and 1 Geo 6

An Act to control the sale in Scotland of methylated spirits or surgical spirit and of methylated spirits in admixture; and for other purposes connected therewith.

[13th July 1937]

1 Restrictions on sale of methylated spirits. S

F1 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) It shall not be lawful knowingly to sell by retail methylated spirits or surgical spirit to any person under the age of fourteen.

(3) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply to surgical spirit sold by an authorised seller of poisons on registered premises or supplied by a duly qualified medical practitioner, registered dentist or registered veterinary surgeon for the purposes respectively specified in subsection (1) of section nineteen of the M1 Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933, if the requirements of subsections (2) and (3) of the said section are complied with in relation to such sale or supply of surgical spirit in like manner as if it were a medicine.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1(1) repealed (27.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1602, art. 2(1) (with art. 3)

Marginal Citations

M1 1933 c. 25.

F2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 2 repealed (27.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1602, art. 2(1) (with art. 3)

3 Excise licence for sale of methylated spirits not to be granted except on production of certificate of entry in list. S

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Textual Amendments

F3 S. 3 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII

F4 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 4 repealed (27.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1602, art. 2(1) (with art. 3)

5 Offences and penalties. S

Any person who, by himself or his servant or agent, sells any methylated spirits or surgical spirit in contravention of the provisions of this Act F5 . . . shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F6 level 1 on the standard scale] or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding sixty days.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in s. 5 repealed (27.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1602, art. 2(2) (with art. 3)

F6 Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G

6 Interpretation. S

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

• the expressions “authorised seller of poisons”, “registered dentist”, and “registered veterinary surgeon”, have the like meanings as in the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933, and the expression “registered premises” means premises duly registered under Part I of that Act;

• F7 . . .

• the expression “methylated spirits” means mineralised methylated spirits methylated in accordance with the regulations for the time being in force made by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in that behalf;

• the expression “surgical spirit” means any preparation made with industrial methylated spirits in accordance with a formula approved by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise for the manufacture of surgical spirit;

• the expression “sell by retail” means sell in any quantity not exceeding four gallons to any person other than a person who buys for the purpose of selling again;

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Textual Amendments

F7 Definition in s. 6 repealed (27.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1602, art. 2(3) (with art. 3)

F8 Definition of the expression “prescribed” repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23, SIF 81:2), s. 25, Sch. 4

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Textual Amendments

F9 S. 7 repealed by Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 60), Sch. 7 Pt. III

8 †Short title, extent and commencement. S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Methylated Spirits (Sale by Retail) (Scotland) Act 1937, and shall extend to Scotland only.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

Textual Amendments

F10 S. 8(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6), Sch. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Unreliable marginal note.