# The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, Regulation 6: Range and rotation of combined health warnings


(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.
(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) —
(a) from the set of photographs which is specified for the production year during which the pack is produced; and
(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.
(2) An importer of a tobacco product for smoking must use the importer’s best endeavours to ensure—
(a) where the product is a GB tobacco product, that the obligation in paragraph (A1) is complied with;
(b) where the product is an NI tobacco product, that the obligations in paragraph (1) are complied with.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1) —
(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;
(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;
(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
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(4) In this regulation “production year” means a period of 12 months beginning with 20th May and ending with 19th May.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/507/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-6
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