# The Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, 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).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/606/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-traceability-and-security-features-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-10
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