Singapore legislation
Regulation 26
Regulation 26
Storage of poisons
Subregulation 1
It shall not be lawful to store any poison except in a container impervious to the poison and sufficiently stout to prevent leakage from the container arising from the ordinary risks of handling and transport.
Subregulation 2
It shall not be lawful to store any substance included in the First Schedule in any retail shop or premises used in connection therewith unless the substance is stored —
in a cupboard or drawer reserved solely for the storage of poisons; (b)in a part of the premises which is partitioned off or otherwise separated from the remainder of the premises and to which customers are not permitted to have access; or (c)on a shelf reserved solely for the storage of poisons and —
no food is kept directly under the shelf; and (ii)the container of the substance is rendered distinguishable by touch from the containers of articles and substances other than poisons stored upon the same premises.
Subregulation 3
Where any substance mentioned in paragraph (2) is to be used in agriculture or horticulture, it shall not be lawful to store the substance on any shelf, or in any such part of the premises if food is kept in that part, or in any cupboard or drawer unless the cupboard or drawer is reserved solely for the storage of poisons to be so used.