# Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010, Section 20: Offences relating to the Register

Extent: S

(1) An unregistered person who carries on a tobacco or vaping product business commits an offence.
(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.
(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.
(3) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 13(1) (duty to notify certain changes) commits an offence.
(4) A person who breaches a ... banning order or an ancillary order made under section 16 commits an offence.
(5) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 19(2) (duty to display notice) commits an offence.
(6) A person guilty of an offence under—
(a) subsection (1), (2) , (2A) or (4) is liable on summary conviction to—
(i) a fine not exceeding £20,000,
(ii) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or
(iii) both,
(b) subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale,
(c) subsection (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/3/section/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-20
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