{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-4E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-4E.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/4E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4E",
  "heading": "Sale of unpackaged cigarettes",
  "text": "(1) A person who sells cigarettes that are not in their original packaging commits an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(3) In this section—\n“original packaging” means the retail packaging in which the cigarettes were supplied to the person for the purpose of sale;\n“sell” means sell by retail.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4E inserted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), ss. 53(2), 175(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/3/section/4E",
    "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."
}