# Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Article 4C: Sale of unpackaged cigarettes


(1) It is an offence for a tobacco retailer to sell cigarettes that are not in their original packaging.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) In this Article “original packaging” means the retail packaging in which the cigarettes were supplied to the tobacco retailer for the purpose of sale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1907/article/4C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-4C
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