{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-20.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/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Offences relating to the Register",
  "text": "(1) An unregistered person who carries on a tobacco or vaping product business commits an offence.\n(2) A registered person who carries on a tobacco business at premises other than those noted in the person's entry in the Register as premises at which the person carries on a tobacco business (or both a tobacco business and a vaping product business) commits an offence.\n(2A) A registered person who carries on a vaping product business at premises other than those noted in the person's entry in the Register as premises at which the person carries on a nicotine vapour product business (or both a tobacco business and a nicotine vapour product business) commits an offence.\n(3) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 13(1) (duty to notify certain changes) commits an offence.\n(4) A person who breaches a ... banning order or an ancillary order made under section 16 commits an offence.\n(5) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 19(2) (duty to display notice) commits an offence.\n(6) A person guilty of an offence under—\n(a) subsection (1), (2) , (2A) or (4) is liable on summary conviction to—\n(i) a fine not exceeding £20,000,\n(ii) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or\n(iii) both,\n(b) subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale,\n(c) subsection (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 20(1) inserted (1.10.2017) by Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 14), ss. 11(a), 36(2); S.S.I. 2017/12, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 20(1) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 8 para. 15 (with Sch. 8 para. 20)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 20(2) inserted (1.10.2017) by Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 14), ss. 11(b), 36(2); S.S.I. 2017/12, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 20(2) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 8 para. 15 (with Sch. 8 para. 20)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 20(2A) inserted (1.10.2017) by Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 14), ss. 11(c), 36(2); S.S.I. 2017/12, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in s. 20(2A) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(1), Sch. 8 para. 15 (with Sch. 8 para. 20)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 20(4) omitted (29.10.2026) by virtue of Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), s. 175(7), Sch. 9 para. 15(c); S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in s. 20(6)(a) inserted (1.10.2017) by Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 14), ss. 11(e), 36(2); S.S.I. 2017/12, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 20(4) modified (29.10.2026) by The Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/210), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 1.10.2011 by S.S.I. 2010/345, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted for s. 20(2)(2A)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/3/section/20",
    "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."
}