{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-50.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "section/50",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 1",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“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;\n“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);\n“herbal smoking product” means a product consisting wholly or partly of vegetable matter and intended to be smoked but not containing tobacco;\n“medical device” has the meaning given by the Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/618);\n“medicinal product” has the meaning given by the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916);\n“nicotine product” has the meaning given by section 51;\n“premises” means any place (including a vehicle or moveable structure);\n“relevant enforcement authority in England” has the meaning given by section 32(2);\n“retail packaging”, in relation to a product, means the packaging in which it is, or is intended to be, presented for sale by retail;\n“sell” means sell by retail;\n“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;\n“tobacco related device” means—\n(a) a device, other than a vape, which enables a tobacco product to be consumed (for example, a heated tobacco device or pipe), or\n(b) an item which is intended to form part of such a device;\n“tobacco retailer” means a person who carries on a business involving the sale of tobacco products by retail;\n“vape” means—\n(a) a device which—\n(i) vaporises substances, other than tobacco, for the purpose of inhalation through a mouthpiece (whether or not it also vaporises tobacco), and\n(ii) is not a medical device or a medicinal product, or\n(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);\n“vaping product” means—\n(a) a vape, or\n(b) a vaping substance;\n“vaping substance” means a substance, other than tobacco, that is intended to be vaporised by a vape;\n“vaporises” includes aerosolises (and “vaporised” is to be construed accordingly);\n“vehicle” means every type of vehicle, including a vessel, aircraft and hovercraft.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 50 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/50",
    "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."
}