(1)  This Act may be cited as the Poisons Act 1971 .

(2)  Subsection (1) of section 2 shall commence on the day on which Part III commences and subsection (2) of that section shall commence on the day on which Part V commences.

(3)  The remaining provisions of this Act (other than this section, Division 1 of Part II , and section 14 ) shall commence on such days respectively as are fixed by proclamation in relation to each of those provisions.