# The Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 is amended as follows.
(2) Omit section 2(4) (prohibition of tobacco advertising in the EEA) .
(3) In section 3A(1) (advertising: information society services) —
(a) in paragraph (a), omit “or”;
(b) omit paragraph (b).
(4) In section 4(1) (advertising: exclusions) —
(a) in paragraph (c)—
(i) for “in a country which is not an EEA State”, substitute “ outside the United Kingdom ”;
(ii) for “one or more of the EEA States (or any part of them)”, substitute “ the United Kingdom (or any part of the United Kingdom) ”;
(b) in paragraph (d)—
(i) for “an EEA State”, substitute “ the United Kingdom ”;
(ii) for “one or more EEA States (or any part of them)”, substitute “ the United Kingdom (or any part of the United Kingdom) ”.
(5) In section 5 (advertising: defences) —
(a) in subsection (1), after “section 3A(1)(a)”, omit “or (b)”;
(b) omit subsection (3A);
(c) in subsection (5)(c), for “an EEA State”, substitute “ the United Kingdom ”;
(d) omit subsection (5A).
(6) Omit section 7D(3) (displays on a website) .
(7) Omit section 8(1A) (displays: Scotland) .
(8) Omit section 9(1A) (prohibition of free distributions) .
(9) Omit section 11(5) (brandsharing) .
(10) In section 21(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “EEA State”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/41/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-and-nicotine-inhaling-products-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-2
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