Guidance

Licensed transactions for poisons and explosives precursors: guidance for retailers

Step-by-step advice for retailers on fulfilling legal requirements when selling poisons and explosives precursors in a shop.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 10 September 2014
• Last updated: 4 April 2018 — See all updates

Documents

Guidance on licensed transactions for poisons and explosives precursors

PDF, 1.72 MB, 5 pages

Details

This guidance explains:

• which substances and specified concentration levels are allowed for sale
• how to report suspicious transactions
• what happens when you don’t meet these legal requirements

It also shows an example of what a poisons and explosives precursors licence looks like.

Published 10 September 2014
Last updated 4 April 2018 + show all updates

1. 4 April 2018

   Updated guidance.

2. 19 April 2016

   Updated guidance published.

3. 22 May 2015

   Updated guidance published.

4. 10 September 2014

   First published.