{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-79",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026/section-79.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/18",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026",
  "path": "section/79",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Possession of snus etc with intent to supply",
  "text": "(1) After Article 4F of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26)) (inserted by section 78 of this Act) insert—\n“Possession of snus etc with intent to supply\n4G (1) It is an offence for a person to have a relevant oral tobacco product in their possession with intent to supply it to another in the course of business.\n(2) In paragraph (1) “relevant oral tobacco product” has the meaning given by Article 4E(2).\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both.”",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 79 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/79",
    "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."
}