Section 74 Tobacco vending machinesI1

After Article 4A of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26)) (inserted by section 73 of this Act) insert—

“Tobacco vending machines

4B

(1)

A person commits an offence if the person has the management or control of premises on which a tobacco vending machine is available for use.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(3)

In this Article “tobacco vending machine” means a machine from which any of the following products may be bought or from which they are dispensed to a customer in connection with a sale—

(a)

tobacco products,

(b)

herbal smoking products, or

(c)

cigarette papers.”