{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/schedule-8/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/schedule-8/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 35 (interpretation), in subsection (1)—\n(a) omit the definition of “nicotine vapour product business”;\n(b) in the definition of “tobacco or nicotine vapour product business”, for “nicotine vapour” substitute “vaping” in both places;\n(c) at the appropriate places insert—\n““medical device” has the meaning given by the Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/618),”;\n““medicinal product” has the meaning given by the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916),”;\n““vape” means—\n(a)a device which—\n(i)vaporises substances, other than tobacco, for the purpose of inhalation through a mouthpiece (whether or not it also vaporises tobacco), and\n(ii)is not a medical device or a medicinal product, or\n(b)an item which is intended to form part of a device within paragraph (a) (including anything intended to be attached to it with a view to imparting flavour),”;\n““vaping product” means—\n(a)a vape, or\n(b)a vaping substance,”;\n““vaping product business” means a business involving the sale of vaping products by retail,”;\n““vaping substance” means a substance, other than tobacco, that is intended to be vaporised by a vape,”;\n““vaporises” includes aerosolises (and “vaporised” is to be construed accordingly).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 18 in force at 29.10.2026, see s. 175(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/18/schedule/8/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."
}