Regulation 4 Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (visibility and position of warnings) for paragraph (1) there is substituted the following paragraph:—

“(1)

In the case of tobacco products other than cigarettes the general warning and a warning required by regulation 4A(1), 4B(1) or 4C—

(a)

shall be printed on, or irremovably affixed to, each packet;

(b)

shall each cover an area amounting to at least 1.5 per cent. of the total surface of the packet, such area to be defined by a right-angled polygon drawn closely round the periphery of the printed letters in the same way as is shown in respect of packets of cigarettes in Figures 1 and 2 in Schedule 2;

(c)

shall be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible;

(d)

shall appear in a conspicuous place on a contrasting background; and

(e)

shall not in any way be hidden, obscured or interrupted by other written or pictorial matter.”.