{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-34.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Programme of enforcement action: Wales",
  "text": "(1) Each local weights and measures authority in Wales must, at least once a year, consider—\n(a) whether it is appropriate to carry out a programme of enforcement action in its area, and\n(b) if so, what that programme should involve.\n(2) In subsection (1) “programme of enforcement action” means a programme involving one or more of the following—\n(a) the investigation of complaints in respect of an alleged offence that is a listed offence;\n(b) the bringing of prosecutions in respect of a listed offence;\n(c) the taking of other measures intended to reduce the incidence of listed offences.\n(3) In this section “listed offence” means—\n(a) an offence under any provision of this Part or regulations under section 14, or\n(b) an offence under either of the following provisions of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 2)—\nsection 51A (offence of handing over tobacco etc. to people born on or after 1 January 2009);\nsection 52 (offence of handing over vaping or nicotine products to under 18s).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 34 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/34",
    "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."
}