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]
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(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 M1Pharmacy 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
F1S. 1(1) repealed (27.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1602, art. 2(1) (with art. 3)
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2 repealed (27.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1602, art. 2(1) (with art. 3)
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Textual Amendments
F3S. 3 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII
Textual Amendments
F4S. 4 repealed (27.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1602, art. 2(1) (with art. 3)
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 [F6level 1 on the standard scale] or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding sixty days.
Textual Amendments
F5Words in s. 5 repealed (27.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1602, art. 2(2) (with art. 3)
F6Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G
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;
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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
F7Definition in s. 6 repealed (27.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1602, art. 2(3) (with art. 3)
F8Definition of the expression “prescribed” repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23, SIF 81:2), s. 25, Sch. 4
Textual Amendments
(1)This Act may be cited as the Methylated Spirits (Sale by Retail) (Scotland) Act 1937, and shall extend to Scotland only.
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Textual Amendments
F10S. 8(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6), Sch. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Unreliable marginal note.