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Regulation 4 Display as a consequence of a requested displayI1I2

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This regulation applies where a requested displayf1 is made to an individual (“A”) aged 18 or over.

(2)

No offence is committed under section 7A(1) of the Act (prohibition of tobacco displays) by a display of tobacco products in a storage unit, to individuals other than A, if—

(a)

the display—

(i)

is solely as a consequence of the requested display, and

(ii)

lasts for no longer than is necessary to remove the requested product from the storage unit; and

(b)

the area of storage unit displayed does not exceed F11.5 square metres.

(3)

No offence is committed under section 7A(1) of the Act (prohibition of tobacco displays) by a display of tobacco products other than in a storage unit, to individuals other than A, if the display—

(a)

is solely as a consequence of the requested display; and

(b)

lasts for no longer than the requested display.

(4)

In this regulation, “the requested product” means the product which A asked to purchase or for information about.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 4 substituted (6.4.2012 for specified purposes) by The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display and Specialist Tobacconists) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/677), regs. 1(1), 2(a)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 4 in force at 6.4.2012 for specifed purposes (as amended by S.I. 2011/1256, art. 2(a)), see reg. 1(1)(a)

I2

Reg. 4 in force at 6.4.2015 in so far as not already in force (as amended by S.I. 2011/1256, art. 2(b)), see reg. 1(1)(b)

Footnotes

f1

See section 7B(8) of the Act for the definition of “a requested display”.