{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-137",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-137.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "section/137",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "137",
  "heading": "Power of ministers etc to take over proceedings",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may take over the conduct of any proceedings from an enforcement authority in England in respect of an offence committed under this Part.\n(2) The Welsh Ministers may take over the conduct of any proceedings from an enforcement authority in Wales in respect of an offence committed under this Part.\n(3) The Department of Health in Northern Ireland may take over the conduct of any proceedings from an enforcement authority in Northern Ireland in respect of an offence committed under this Part.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 137 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 176(2)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/18/section/137",
    "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."
}