{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Range and rotation of combined health warnings",
  "text": "(A1) A producer of a tobacco product for smoking which is a GB tobacco product (other than an importer) must select the photograph used for the purposes of regulation 5(3)(a) so that each of the 13 photographs appears on between 1/24 to 1/12 of the total number of packs under each brand name produced by that producer within that production year.\n(1) A producer of a tobacco product for smoking which is an NI tobacco product (other than an importer) must select the photograph used for the purposes of regulation 5(3)(b) —\n(a) from the set of photographs which is specified for the production year during which the pack is produced; and\n(b) so that each of the 14 photographs in a specified set appears on between 1/24 and 1/12 of the total number of packs under each brand name produced by that producer within that production year.\n(2) An importer of a tobacco product for smoking must use the importer’s best endeavours to ensure—\n(a) where the product is a GB tobacco product, that the obligation in paragraph (A1) is complied with;\n(b) where the product is an NI tobacco product, that the obligations in paragraph (1) are complied with.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1) —\n(a) the set of photographs contained in Set 1 of Annex II to the Tobacco Products Directive is specified for the production year 2016-2017 and every third production year thereafter;\n(b) the set of photographs contained in Set 2 of Annex II to that Directive is specified for the production year 2017-2018 and every third production year thereafter;\n(c) the set of photographs contained in Set 3 of Annex II to that Directive is specified for the production year 2018-2019 and every third production year thereafter; and\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) In this regulation “production year” means a period of 12 months beginning with 20th May and ending with 19th May.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 6(A1) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(6)(a) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(8) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(6)(b)(i) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(8) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(6)(b)(ii) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(8) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 6(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(6)(c) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(8) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(6)(d)(i) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(8) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 6(3)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(6)(d)(ii) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(8) (with reg. 5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 6(4) inserted (31.12.20) by S.I. 2019/41, reg. 6(6)(e) (as substituted by The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1316), regs. 1(3), 3(8) (with reg. 5))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/507/regulation/6",
    "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."
}