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Section 50 Interpretation of Part 1I1

England and Wales

In this Part—

  • “cigarette papers” includes anything intended to be used for encasing tobacco products or herbal smoking products for the purpose of enabling them to be smoked;

  • “filter” means a filter that is intended to be used when smoking a tobacco product or herbal smoking product (including a filter that forms part of, or that is intended to be inserted into, an item such as a cigarette holder or pipe);

  • “herbal smoking product” means a product consisting wholly or partly of vegetable matter and intended to be smoked but not containing tobacco;

  • “medical device” has the meaning given by the Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/618);

  • “medicinal product” has the meaning given by the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916);

  • “nicotine product” has the meaning given by section 51;

  • “premises” means any place (including a vehicle or moveable structure);

  • “relevant enforcement authority in England” has the meaning given by section 32(2);

  • “retail packaging”, in relation to a product, means the packaging in which it is, or is intended to be, presented for sale by retail;

  • “sell” means sell by retail;

  • “tobacco product” means a product consisting wholly or partly of tobacco and intended to be smoked, sniffed, sucked, chewed or consumed in any other way;

  • “tobacco related device” means—

    1. (a)

      a device, other than a vape, which enables a tobacco product to be consumed (for example, a heated tobacco device or pipe), or

    2. (b)

      an item which is intended to form part of such a device;

  • “tobacco retailer” means a person who carries on a business involving the sale of tobacco products by retail;

  • “vape” means—

    1. (a)

      a device which—

      1. (i)

        vaporises substances, other than tobacco, for the purpose of inhalation through a mouthpiece (whether or not it also vaporises tobacco), and

      2. (ii)

        is not a medical device or a medicinal product, or

    2. (b)

      an item which is intended to form part of a device within paragraph (a) (including anything intended to be attached to it with a view to imparting flavour);

  • “vaping product” means—

    1. (a)

      a vape, or

    2. (b)

      a vaping substance;

  • “vaping substance” means a substance, other than tobacco, that is intended to be vaporised by a vape;

  • “vaporises” includes aerosolises (and “vaporised” is to be construed accordingly);

  • “vehicle” means every type of vehicle, including a vessel, aircraft and hovercraft.

Annotations

Commencement

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S. 50 in force at 29.10.2026, see s. 175(1)