{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-49.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "section/49",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Crown application",
  "text": "(1) This Part and regulations made under it bind the Crown.\n(2) Nothing in this Part or regulations made under it makes the Crown criminally liable.\n(3) The High Court may declare unlawful any act or omission for which the Crown would be criminally liable if it were not for subsection (2).\n(4) Subsection (2) does not affect the criminal liability of persons in the service of the Crown.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 49 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 175(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 49 in force at 29.10.2026 in so far as not already in force, see s. 175(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/18/section/49",
    "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."
}