{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017/section-54A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017/section-54A.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2017/2",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health (Wales) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017",
  "path": "section/54A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54A",
  "heading": "Power to extend this Chapter to other products",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this Chapter for the purpose of extending any provision that applies in relation to a tobacco product to—\n(a) a device of a specified description which enables a tobacco product to be consumed (for example, a heated tobacco device or pipe);\n(b) an item which is intended to form part of such a device.\n(2) Before making regulations under this section the Welsh Ministers must consult any persons the Welsh Ministers consider it appropriate to consult.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 54A inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(2)(5), Sch. 5 para. 11"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2017/2/section/54A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:32:28.037353+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."
}