Part 1F2Tobacco and nicotine vapour products etc.

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C1Chapter 2F1Register of tobacco and nicotine vapour product retailers

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Amendments (Textual)
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Changes to register

I1C113C1Duty to notify certain changes

1

A registered person must give the Scottish Ministers notice of—

a

a change in the person's name or address,

b

the fact that the person is no longer carrying on a tobacco business at an address noted in the person's entry in the Register.

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the fact that the person is no longer carrying on a nicotine vapour product business at an address noted in the person's entry in the Register.

2

A notice under subsection (1) must be given within 3 months of the date of the change to which it relates.

I2C114C1Changes to and removal from Register

1

The Scottish Ministers may correct the Register (following notification under section 13 or otherwise) as they consider appropriate.

2

Where a tobacco F4and nicotine vapour product banning order is made against a registered person, the Scottish Ministers must amend the person's entry in the Register so as to remove references to the premises specified in the order.

3

The Scottish Ministers may remove a person's entry from the Register if—

a

as a result of a correction or amendment under subsection (1) or (2), there are no premises noted in the person's entry in the Register, or

b

they are not satisfied that the person is carrying on a tobacco F5or nicotine vapour product business.

4

Where the Scottish Ministers correct, amend or remove a person's entry in the Register under this section, they must—

a

as soon as reasonably practicable notify the person of the correction, amendment or, as the case may be, removal, and

a

if it is appropriate to do so, issue at the same time to the person a revised certificate of registration.

5

The Scottish Ministers must reinstate a person's entry in the register if—

a

the entry was removed under subsection (3)(b), and

b

the person notifies them no later than 28 days after notice of the removal is given under subsection (4)(a) that the person is still carrying on a tobacco F6or nicotine vapour product business.

6

A notice under subsection (4)(a) may be given—

a

by delivering it to the person,

b

by leaving it at the person's usual or last known address,

c

by sending it by post to the person at that address.