Poisons Registration

You must register with the Trading Standards & Licensing Section if your business sells certain non-medicinal poisons (Part II Poisons).

Regulation Summary

A summary of the regulation relating to this licence Poisons Act 1972 (External Link)

Apply for Approval

Eligibility Criteria

An application can be made by an individual person or by a body corporate.

A person whose name is entered in a local authority's list (a listed seller of Park II Poisons) is permitted, subject to certain conditions to sell the poisons in Part II of the Poisons List.  Further information (.pdf, 51KB) about the sale of poisons, including a list of the poisons included in the Poisons List Order 1982 (Part II).

The entry of a person’s name in a local authority’s list does not entitle that person to retail poisons in Part 1 of the Poisons List which, by the provisions of the Poisons Act 1972, may only be retailed by authorised sellers of poisons (i.e. registered pharmacists).

Contact Details

Trading Standards & Licensing Section
E-mail Licensing@wigan.gov.uk
Opening Hours Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm
Phone Number 01942 404627
Fax 01942 827298
Address Wigan Council, Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN
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