Poisons Act 1971

The Secretary may, in writing, approve a place as a treatment centre.

The Secretary may, in writing, revoke the approval of a place as a treatment centre.

A place that was, immediately before the commencement of this section, a treatment centre, within the meaning of the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act 1968 as then in force, is taken to be a treatment centre approved under subsection (1) until revoked under subsection (2), if at all.

An instrument in writing under this section – is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953; and is not subordinate legislation for the purposes of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992.