S. 27 in force at 29.9.2020 for specified purposes by S.I. 2020/1048, art. 2(1)(f)

S. 27 in force at 1.3.2021 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2021/202, art. 2

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2017/2/section/27/2021-03-01Public Health (Wales) Act 2017An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision for a national strategy on tackling obesity; about smoking; for a register of retailers of tobacco and nicotine products; about the handing over of tobacco and nicotine products to persons aged under 18; about the performance of certain procedures for aesthetic or therapeutic purposes; about intimate piercing of children; about health impact assessments; about assessing the local need for pharmaceutical services; about pharmaceutical lists; about assessing the local need for public toilets; about fixed penalty receipts for food hygiene rating offences; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-09-16Expert Participation2021-03-01PART 3TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTSCHAPTER 1SMOKINGEnforcement
27Fixed penalty notices1

Where an authorised officer has reason to believe that a person has committed either of the following offences on premises or in a place or vehicle in relation to which the enforcement authority is authorised to act—

a

an offence under section 5(1);

b

an offence under section 17(5),

the officer may give that person a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.

2

Where an authorised officer has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under section 6(6) in relation to a vehicle being used for the purposes mentioned in subsection (4), in relation to which the enforcement authority is authorised to act, the officer may give that person a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.

3

A fixed penalty notice is a notice offering a person the opportunity to discharge any liability to conviction for the offence to which the notice relates by paying a fixed penalty.

4

The purposes are the social, domestic or other private purposes of the person believed by the authorised officer to have committed the offence.

5

In the case of an offence that an authorised officer has reason to believe has been committed by a partnership, the references in subsections (1) and (2) to the person to whom a fixed penalty notice may be given are to be treated as references to the partnership.

6

In the case of an offence that an authorised officer has reason to believe has been committed by an unincorporated association other than a partnership, the references in subsections (1) and (2) to the person to whom a fixed penalty notice may be given are to be treated as references to the association.

7

In this section, “partnership” means—

a

a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890 (c.39), or

b

a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c.24).

8

For further provision about fixed penalties, see Schedule 1.

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