{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-6A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-6A.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/6A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6A",
  "heading": "Purchase of vaping or nicotine products on behalf of persons under 18",
  "text": "(1) A person aged 18 or over who knowingly buys or attempts to buy a vaping or nicotine product on behalf of a person under the age of 18 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 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6A inserted (1.4.2017) by Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 14), ss. 6, 36(2); S.S.I. 2017/12, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A(1) substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), ss. 61(6)(a), 175(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 6A heading substituted (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), ss. 61(6)(b), 175(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/3/section/6A",
    "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."
}