{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-63.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "section/63",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Age verification in relation to tobacco and vaping products etc",
  "text": "(1) The Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 3) is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 4 (age restrictions on sale of tobacco products etc)—\n(a) in subsection (2), for paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) the accused had taken such steps as may be prescribed to establish the customer’s age.”;\n(b) omit subsections (3) and (4).\n(3) In section 4A (age restrictions on sale of vaping products etc)—\n(a) in subsection (2), for paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) the accused had taken such steps as may be prescribed to establish the customer’s age.”;\n(b) omit subsections (3) and (4).\n(4) In section 4B (age verification policy), in subsection (5) omit paragraph (b).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 63 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 175(2)(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/18/section/63",
    "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."
}