{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-advertising-and-promotion-display-england-regulations-2010/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-advertising-and-promotion-display-england-regulations-2010/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display) (England) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-advertising-and-promotion-display-england-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Display as a consequence of a requested display",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a requested display is made to an individual (“A”) aged 18 or over.\n(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—\n(a) the display—\n(i) is solely as a consequence of the requested display, and\n(ii) lasts for no longer than is necessary to remove the requested product from the storage unit; and\n(b) the area of storage unit displayed does not exceed 1.5 square metres.\n(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—\n(a) is solely as a consequence of the requested display; and\n(b) lasts for no longer than the requested display.\n(4) In this regulation, “the requested product” means the product which A asked to purchase or for information about.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 7B(8) of the Act for the definition of “a requested display”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/996",
      "affecting_title": "The Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (Age of Sale Notices and Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/445/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:51:40.636983+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."
}