Regulation 2 Interpretation

(1)

In these Regulations—

“ISO 3400” means the International Standard entitled Cigarettes — Determination of alkaloids in smoke condensates — Spectrometric method ISO 3400:1989 (E) second edition published by the International Organisation for Standardisation on 1st July 1989;
“ISO 4387” means the International Standard entitled Cigarettes — Determination of total and dry particulate matter using a routine analytical smoking machine — Glass fibre filter smoke trap method ISO 4387:1987 (E) first edition published by the International Organisation for Standardisation on 15th April 1987;
“ISO 8243” means the International Standard entitled Cigarettes — Sampling ISO 8243:1988 (E) first edition published by the International Organisation for Standardisation on 15th February 1988;
“the Labelling Regulations” means the Tobacco Products Labelling (Safety) Regulations 1991^f1;
“the permitted maximum” means—
1. (a)
  
  before 1st January 1998, 15 milligrams of tar;
2. (b)
  
  on and after 1st January 1998, 12 milligrams of tar;
“producer”, in relation to cigarettes, means a person who in the course of a business—
1. (a)
  
  manufactures them; or
2. (b)
  
  puts a name, trademark or other distinguishing mark on them, by which he holds himself out to be their manufacturer or originator; or
3. (c)
  
  imports them into the United Kingdom,
with a view to the cigarettes being supplied for consumption in the United Kingdom, and “produced” shall be construed accordingly;
“tar” means the raw anhydrous nicotine-free condensate of smoke.

(2)

In these Regulations—

(a)

any reference to a Standard is a reference to that Standard as it has effect on the date on which these Regulations are made (including any amendment to that Standard taking effect on or before that date); and

(b)

where any Standard mentioned specifies relevant requirements by reference to another Standard, that reference is to be construed for the purposes of these Regulations as a reference to that other Standard as it has effect on the date on which these Regulations are made (including any amendment to that other Standard taking effect on or before that date).

(3)

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation which bears that number in these Regulations, and any reference to a numbered paragraph in a regulation is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1991/1530.