{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/schedule-9/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/schedule-9/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 10 (register of tobacco and nicotine vapour product retailers)—\n(a) for subsection (1) substitute—\n“(1) The Scottish Ministers must keep a register (referred to in this Part as “the Register”) of persons carrying on one or more of the following (each of which is a “registrable business”)—\n(a) a tobacco business,\n(b) a herbal smoking product business,\n(c) a vaping product business,\n(d) a nicotine product business.”;\n(b) after subsection (2) insert—\n“(3) References in this Chapter to a kind of registrable business are to a kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d).”\n(c) in the heading, for “and vaping” substitute “, herbal smoking, vaping and nicotine”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 175(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 4 in force at 29.10.2026 by S.S.I. 2026/210, reg. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2026/210",
      "affecting_title": "The Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/18/schedule/9/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}