{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/3",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Register of tobacco , herbal smoking, vaping and nicotine product retailers",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers must keep a register (referred to in this Part as “the Register”) of persons carrying on one or more of the following (each of which is a “registrable business”)—\n(a) a tobacco business,\n(b) a herbal smoking product business,\n(c) a vaping product business,\n(d) a nicotine product business.\n(2) In this Part, “registered” means entered in the Register, and “unregistered” is to be construed accordingly.\n(3) References in this Chapter to a kind of registrable business are to a kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 10(1) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 4(a); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 10(3) inserted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 4(b); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 10 heading substituted (1.4.2017) by Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 14), ss. 15(2), 36(2); S.S.I. 2017/12, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 10 heading substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 4(c); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2011) by The Sale of Tobacco (Registration of Moveable Structures and Fixed Penalty Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/23), regs. 1(1), regs. 2-4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 in force at 1.4.2011 by S.S.I. 2010/345, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/3/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:32:54.793045+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."
}