Part 1Tobacco products etc.
Chapter 2Register of tobacco retailers
Offences
20Offences relating to the Register
(1)
An unregistered person who carries on a tobacco business commits an offence.
(2)
A registered person who carries on a tobacco business at premises other than those noted in the person’s entry in the Register commits an offence.
(3)
A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 13(1) (duty to notify certain changes) commits an offence.
(4)
A person who breaches a tobacco retailing banning order or an ancillary order made under section 16 commits an offence.
(5)
A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 19(2) (duty to display notice) commits an offence.
(6)
A person guilty of an offence under—
(a)
subsection (1), (2) or (4) is liable on summary conviction to—
(i)
a fine not exceeding £20,000,
(ii)
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or
(iii)
both,
(b)
subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale,
(c)
subsection (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.