{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Enforcement authorities",
  "text": "(1) It is the duty of each relevant enforcement authority in England and local weights and measures authority in Wales to enforce within its area the provisions of this Part and any regulations under section 13 or 14.\n(2) In this Part “relevant enforcement authority in England” means—\n(a) a local weights and measures authority in England, and\n(b) in relation to the enforcement of sections 16 to 18 (retail licensing: England), in addition, any district council in England that—\n(i) is specified as a licensing authority under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, and\n(ii) is not a local weights and measures authority.\n(3) In Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (investigatory powers), in paragraph 10 (enforcer’s legislation), at the appropriate place (according to date of enactment) insert—\n“section 32 of the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 32 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/section/32",
    "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."
}