# The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, Regulation 23: Deadline for notification of novel tobacco products

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Notification under regulation 22(1) must be given at least six months before the date on which a producer intends to first supply the product concerned, unless paragraph (2) or (3) applies.
(2) This paragraph applies where a producer first supplied a novel tobacco product before 20th May 2016 and continues to supply it on or after that date.
(3) This paragraph applies where a producer intends to first supply a novel tobacco product during the period beginning with 20th May 2016 and ending with 19th November 2016.
(4) Where paragraph (2) or (3) applies, notification under regulation 22(1) must be given on 20th May 2016.
(5) If a fee which is payable under regulation 3 of the Tobacco Products and Herbal Products for Smoking (Fees) Regulations 2017 in respect of a notification under regulation 22 of these Regulations is not paid by the date specified in the invoice for that fee, for the purposes of regulation 48(b) (offences), the notification is to be regarded as not having been given in accordance with paragraph (1) until the fee has been paid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/507/regulation/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-23
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