Regulation 12 Packaging of cigarettes or hand rolling tobacco not to change after retail sale

United Kingdom

(1)

No person may produce or supply any cigarettes or hand rolling tobacco if the packaging in which the product is, or is intended to be, presented for retail sale includes any features which are designed to change the packaging after retail sale.

(2)

Such features include (but are not limited to)—

(a)

heat activated inks,

(b)

inks or embellishments designed to appear gradually over time,

(c)

inks that appear fluorescent in certain light,

(d)

panels designed to be scratched or rubbed to reveal an image or text,

(e)

removable tabs, and

(f)

fold-out or slide-out panels.

F1(3)

Nothing in this regulation prohibits a feature which is required by any provision of any enactment (whenever passed or made) other than these Regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 12(3) inserted (20.5.2019) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/594), regs. 1(1), 25(4)