{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-traceability-and-security-features-regulations-2019/regulation-20A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-traceability-and-security-features-regulations-2019/regulation-20A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/594",
  "legislation_title": "The Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-products-traceability-and-security-features-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/20A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20A",
  "heading": "Sanctions",
  "text": "(1) A person who contravenes regulation 6(1) is liable to sanctions in accordance with regulations 20B and 21(2).\n(2) For the purposes of these Regulations—\n(a) a Category A contravention means supplying 99 or fewer units of tobacco products in contravention of paragraph (1);\n(b) a Category B contravention means supplying 100 or more such units of tobacco products but fewer than 300;\n(c) a Category C contravention means supplying 300 or more such units of tobacco products but fewer than 500;\n(d) a Category D contravention means supplying 500 or more such units of tobacco products;\n(e) a second contravention is one that occurs before the end of 24 months beginning with the date of the first contravention;\n(f) a third contravention is one that occurs before the end of 24 months beginning with the date of the second contravention;\n(g) a subsequent contravention is any contravention that occurs after the third contravention and before the end of 24 months beginning with the date of a previous contravention.\n(3) For the purposes of this regulation—\n(a) the date of a contravention is the date on which the supply of products in contravention of regulation 6(1) is discovered by—\n(i) the Commissioners; or\n(ii) a person investigating compliance in accordance with regulation 24A;\n(b) where a person contravenes regulation 6(1) and that contravention occurs more than 24 months after any previous contravention, that contravention is a first contravention for the purposes of this regulation;\n(c) in determining whether a contravention is a second, third or subsequent contravention, no account is to be taken of a previous contravention in respect of which a penalty under regulation 20B was not imposed.\n(4) In this regulation “unit of tobacco products” means—\n(a) 20 cigarettes (whether or not they are packaged in packs of 20); or\n(b) 30 grams of hand-rolling tobacco.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 20A-20C inserted (20.7.2023) by The Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/606), regs. 1, 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/594/regulation/20A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:44:14.938409+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."
}