{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-regulations-2015/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-regulations-2015/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111129876",
  "legislation_title": "The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Material, shape, opening and contents of unit packet of cigarettes",
  "text": "(1) No person may produce or supply any cigarettes in breach of any of the provisions of this regulation.\n(2) A unit packet of cigarettes must be made of carton or soft material.\n(3) A unit packet of cigarettes must be cuboid in shape, although any such cuboid may have bevelled or rounded edges.\n(4) A unit packet of cigarettes may contain an opening that can be re-closed or re-sealed after it is first opened but only if that opening is a flip top lid or a shoulder box hinged lid.\n(5) A flip-top lid may be hinged only at the back of the packet.\n(6) A shoulder box hinged lid may be hinged only along one of the two smallest sides of the packet.\n(7) The sides of a unit packet of cigarettes which is a shoulder box with a hinged lid must have a height (measured between the front and back surfaces of the packet) of at least 16 millimetres.\n(8) A unit packet of cigarettes must contain a minimum of 20 cigarettes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111129876/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:10:01.002354+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}