Paragraph 3 Chapter 1 (subject matter and definitions)

in the first paragraph for “Article 2 of Directive 2014/40/EU” substitute “regulation 2 of the Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019”,

before paragraph 1 insert—

“(A1)

‘the Commissioners’ means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;”,

after paragraph 1 insert—

“(1A)

‘associated unit level code’ means a unique identifier relating to a unit pack of tobacco products that has been issued by a person outside the United Kingdom;”,

in paragraph 4, for “Union to a third country” substitute “United Kingdom to another country”,

in paragraph 7, after “of each unit level unique identifier” insert “, or each associated unit level code that has been paired with a unique identifier,”,

in paragraph 8 for “repositories system” substitute “data repository”,

in paragraphs 8 and 9, for “each” substitute “the”,

for paragraphs 13 and 14 substitute—

“(13)

‘data repository’ means a repository containing traceability data relating to tobacco products;”,

for paragraph 15 substitute—–

“(15)

‘router’ means a device established within the data repository that transfers data to the repository;”,

omit paragraph 16,

in paragraph 17, for “databases common for all primary and secondary repositories” substitute “data stored in the data repository”,

for paragraph 18 substitute—

“(18)

‘working day’ means any day other than—

(a)

a Saturday or a Sunday;

(b)

Christmas Day or Good Friday; or

(c)

a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f1 in any part of the United Kingdom;”.