Section 3A Advertising: information society servicesF1

(1)

This subsection applies where by means of an information society service, provided in the course of a business, a tobacco advertisement is published—

(a)

in the United Kingdom, F2...

F3(b)

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(2)

Where subsection (1) applies—

(a)

any proprietor of the information society service or any editor of the information contained in the information society service is guilty of an offence, and

(b)

any person who (directly or indirectly) procured the inclusion of the tobacco advertisement in the information contained in the information society service is guilty of an offence.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 3A inserted (28.9.2006) by Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2369), regs. 1(1), 3
F2: Word in s. 3A(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/41), regs. 1, 2(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: S. 3A(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/41), regs. 1, 2(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)