Solvents

Law

  • Not controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act
  • The Intoxicating Substances Supply Act 1985, which made it an offence for a shopkeeper to sell solvents to under 18s has now been repealed. 
  • An amendment to the Consumer Protection Act (The Cigarette Lighter Refill (Safety) Regulations 1999) also made it an offence to 'supply any cigarette lighter refill canister containing butane or a substance with butane as a constituent part to any person under the age of eighteen years.'