# The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015, Regulation 18: Enforcement


(1) For the purpose of enforcement, the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (apart from sections 12 and 13) are to apply to these Regulations as if these Regulations were safety regulations within the meaning of that Act.
(2) The reference to six months in section 14(6) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (imprisonment on summary conviction not to exceed six months), as that section has effect by virtue of paragraph (1), is to be read as a reference to three months.
(3) The appropriate minister may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or a particular case, that any duty imposed on—
(a) a local weights and measures authority in Great Britain, or
(b) a district council in Northern Ireland,
under section 27 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (as that section has effect by virtue of paragraph (1)) is to be discharged instead by the appropriate minister.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111129876/regulation/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-regulations-2015/regulation-18
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