Regulation 10 Insertion of new regulation 22A

After regulation 22 (compliance notices) insert—

“Reasonable excuse

22A.

(1)

Liability to a sanction does not arise under regulation 20B or 21(2) if the person satisfies the Commissioners or (on an appeal made to the appeal tribunal) the tribunal that there is a reasonable excuse for the contravention.

(2)

For the purposes of this regulation a reasonable excuse includes that the person did not know, and had no reasonable grounds to suspect, that the tobacco products did not meet the requirements of regulation 6(2) to (4).”.