# The Tobacco Products Labelling (Safety) Amendment Regulations 1993, 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1947/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-labelling-safety-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-4
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