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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-27",
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  "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/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Fixed penalties",
  "text": "(1) An enforcement officer may give a person a fixed penalty notice if the officer has reason to believe that the person has committed an offence under Chapter 1 or 2 or any regulations made under those Chapters.\n(2) But a person may be given a fixed penalty notice only if the person is aged 16 or over.\n(3) An enforcement officer is—\n(a) a council officer for the area in which the offence is believed to have been committed, or\n(b) a constable.\n(4) Schedule 1 makes further provision about fixed penalties.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(1) inserted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), ss. 64(3), 175(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 27 in force at 24.10.2010 for specified purposes and 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force 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/27",
    "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."
}