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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/section-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Prohibited vending machines",
  "text": "(1) A person who has the management or control of premises on which a prohibited vending machine is available for use 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 4 on the standard scale.\n(3) In this section, “prohibited vending machine” means a machine from which any of the following products may be bought or from which they are dispensed to a customer in connection with a sale—\n(a) tobacco products;\n(b) herbal smoking products;\n(c) cigarette papers;\n(d) vaping products;\n(e) nicotine products.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 9 and cross-heading substituted for s. 9 (29.10.2026) by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (c. 18), ss. 61(7), 175(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 29.4.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/106, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/3/section/9",
    "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."
}