{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/schedule-14/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/14/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 5 is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(a) and (b), for “or nicotine” substitute “, vape or nicotine”.\n(3) In subsection (4), for “of any tobacco, cigarette papers or nicotine products to any person” substitute\n“to any person of any one or more of the following—\n(a) tobacco products;\n(b) herbal smoking products;\n(c) cigarette papers;\n(d) vaping products;\n(e) nicotine products.”\n(4) In subsection (5) omit “of tobacco, cigarette papers or nicotine products”.\n(5) In subsection (8)(b)(i) and (ii), for “or nicotine” substitute “, vape or nicotine”.\n(6) In subsection (13)(a), for “or nicotine” substitute “, vape or nicotine”.\n(7) In subsection (14)—\n(a) for “and section 6 “tobacco or nicotine offence”” substitute ““tobacco, vape or nicotine offence””;\n(b) in paragraph (a), after “Article 3” insert “or 4H”;\n(c) after paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) an offence committed under Article 4B or 4J of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 in respect of a machine kept on any premises (which are accordingly “the premises in relation to which the offence is committed”);”;\n(d) omit paragraph (b);\n(e) in paragraph (c), for “tobacco” substitute “a tobacco product or herbal smoking product”;\n(f) at the end of paragraph (d) insert “or”;\n(g) omit paragraphs (e), (g) and (h).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 14 para. 18 in force at 29.10.2026, see s. 175(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    },
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      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/18/schedule/14/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:55.816893+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."
}