# Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979, Section 8F: Sale of marked tobacco when not permitted: penalties.


(1) This section applies if provision made by or under—
(a) regulations made under section 8C above, or
(b) a notice published under section 8D above,
provides for any tobacco products to carry a period of sale mark.
(2) In this section—
“ a period of sale mark ” means a fiscal mark indicating any of the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(e) of section 8C above; and
“ prohibited time ”, in relation to tobacco products that carry a period of sale mark, means a time when, according to the mark, sale of the products is not permissible.
(3) If—
(a) a person sells by way of retail sale, or exposes for retail sale, any tobacco products that carry a period of sale mark, and
(b) he so sells or exposes the products at a prohibited time,
his so selling or exposing the products shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties) and the products are liable to forfeiture.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/7/section/8F (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-duty-act-1979/section-8F
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