Licence - poisons

Maidstone Borough Council does not provide poisons licences.

You can get this licence from Kent Trading Standards.

The sale of poisons is prohibited unless the seller is a retail pharmacist or a listed seller (that is a person whose name appears on the local authority's list entitling him/her to sell poisons from the premises named).

Listed sellers cannot sell poisons which are included in Part 1 of the Poisons List which contains substances such as arsenic and cyanide. These may only be sold by a pharmacist.

A listed seller, or named deputy, is authorised to sell the poisons named in Part II of the Poisons List subject to certain conditions. A fee is payable for the initial registration, renewal of the registration each year or for a change in details of a registration.

Each listed seller must keep a Poisons Book in which certain information relating to each sale of a poison must be entered before delivery to the purchaser.

How to register

If your premises are in Kent, you can either contact Kent Trading Standards by email or phone your area office to request an application form. If you prefer you can download a form here, to complete and return with the current fee (made payable to Kent County Council).