{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-duty-act-1979/section-8H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-duty-act-1979/section-8H.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/7",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-duty-act-1979",
  "path": "section/8H",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8H",
  "heading": "Offences: use of premises for sale of unmarked tobacco.",
  "text": "(1) A manager of premises commits an offence if he suffers the premises to be used for the sale of unmarked products.\nIn this section “ unmarked products ” has the same meaning as in section 8G above.\n(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) above to prove that the unmarked products were not required by virtue of this Act to carry a duty-paid fiscal mark.\nFor this purpose “ duty-paid fiscal mark ” has the same meaning as in section 8G above.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(4) A court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) above may make an order prohibiting the use of the premises in question for the sale of tobacco products during a period specified in the order.\n(5) The period specified in an order under subsection (4) above shall not exceed six months; and the first day of the period shall be the day specified as such in the order.\n(6) A manager of premises commits an offence if he suffers the premises to be used in breach of an order under subsection (4) above.\n(7) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (6) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(8) For the purposes of this section a person is a manager of premises if he—\n(a) is entitled to control their use,\n(b) is entrusted with their management, or\n(c) is in charge of them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 8A-8J inserted (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 14"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/7/section/8H",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:39:34.742244+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."
}