{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/507",
  "legislation_title": "The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Submission of information",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a person who submits information to the Secretary of State in accordance with any provision of this Part.\n(1A) Information which relates to a GB tobacco product must be submitted—\n(a) in electronic form, and\n(b) having regard to such technical requirements and procedures as may be specified in guidance issued by the Secretary of State.\n(2) Information which relates to an NI tobacco product must be submitted—\n(a) in electronic form;\n(b) by means of the entry gate for data submission referred to in Article 2.2 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2186 of 25th November 2015 establishing a format for the submission and making available of information on tobacco products ;\n(c) in accordance with the administrative requirements set out in that Decision; and\n(d) in the format specified in the Annex to that Decision.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), any reference in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2186 to a “subtype” in relation to a particular product, is to be construed as a reference to a variant name of that product.\n(4) A person submitting information under regulation 18 (specified information) or 20A (priority list of additives) must specify any information which that person considers to constitute a trade secret.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 25(1A) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(17)(a) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(21) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(17)(b) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(21) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 25(4) inserted (1.1.2017) by The Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1127), reg. 2(2)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ L 312, 27.11.2015, p.5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/507/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:36:22.754234+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."
}