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Statutory Instruments
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
Approved by the House of Commons
Made
5th June 2003
Laid before the House of Commons
5th June 2003
Coming into force
1st August 2003
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 1(3) of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 M1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Marginal Citations
M11979 c. 7; section 1(3) was amended by the Finance Act 1993 (c. 34), section 14(5).
1. This Order may be cited as the Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) Order 2003 and comes into force on 1st August 2003.
2. In this Order “the Act” means the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979.
3.—(1) Subsections (2) and (2A) of section 1 of the Act M2 are repealed.
(2) The Tobacco Products (Cigarettes and Cigars) Order 1977 M3 is revoked.
Marginal Citations
M2Subsection (2) was amended by, and subsection (2A) was inserted by, the Finance Act 1993 (c. 34), section 14.
4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, references to cigarettes in the Act include any product that comprises—
(a)rolls of tobacco capable of being smoked as they are and that are not cigars, or
(b)rolls of tobacco that, by simple non-industrial handling, are—
(i)inserted into cigarette-paper tubes, or
(ii)wrapped in cigarette paper.
(2) References to cigarettes in the Act include products consisting in whole or in part of substances other than tobacco that otherwise conform to a description in paragraph (1) above F1....
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 4(2) omitted (1.1.2014) by virtue of The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2721), arts. 1, 3(1)
5. References to cigars in the Act include any product that is described in the Schedule below and do not include tobacco products of any other description.
6.—(1) References to hand-rolling tobacco in the Act include any product that would, but for the reference to hand-rolling tobacco in article 7(1) below, be other smoking tobacco and—
(a)in which more than 25% by weight of the tobacco particles have a cut width of less than [F21.5 millimetres], or
(b)that is sold or intended to be sold for making into cigarettes by hand, or
(c)that is of a kind used for making into cigarettes by hand.
(2) In this regulation—
(a)the references to “making into cigarettes by hand” in paragraph (1)(b) and (c) above include making into cigarettes by hand with the aid of a mechanical device, and
(b)the use for making into cigarettes referred to in paragraph (1)(c) above must amount to more than occasional use but need not amount to common use.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in art. 6(1)(a) substituted (1.1.2011) by The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2852), arts. 1, 2(2)
7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, references to other smoking tobacco in the Act include any product that is not cigarettes, cigars, or hand-rolling tobacco and comprises—
(a)tobacco that has been cut or otherwise split, twisted or pressed into blocks, and is capable of being smoked without further industrial processing, or
(b)tobacco refuse put up for retail sale that can be smoked.
(2) References to other smoking tobacco in the Act include products consisting in whole or in part of substances other than tobacco that otherwise conform to a description in paragraph (1) above F3....
[F4(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “tobacco refuse” means the remnants of tobacco leaves and the by-products of the processing of tobacco or the manufacture of tobacco products.]
Textual Amendments
F3Words in art. 7(2) omitted (1.1.2014) by virtue of The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2721), arts. 1, 3(2)
F4Art. 7(3) added (1.1.2011) by The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2852), arts. 1, 2(3)
8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, references to chewing tobacco in the Act include any product that—
(a)is not cigarettes, cigars, hand-rolling tobacco, or other smoking tobacco,
(b)consists of or includes tobacco, and
(c)has been prepared so that it can be chewed.
(2) References to chewing tobacco in the Act include any product prepared for chewing that does not include tobacco but consists in whole or in part of a substitute for tobacco, except for such a product that is intended solely as an aid to persons to give up smoking.
Philip Woolas
John Heppell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
article 5
F51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. para. 1 omitted (1.1.2011) by virtue of The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2852), arts. 1, 2(4)(a)
2. Cigars with an outer wrapper of natural tobacco. Cigars falling within this description include cigars containing a mixture of tobacco and other substances; provided that they have an outer wrapper of natural tobacco. A cigar containing only substances other than tobacco does not fall within this description.U.K.
F63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F6Sch. para. 3 omitted (1.1.2011) by virtue of The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2852), arts. 1, 2(4)(b)
4. Cigars with a threshed blend filler and with an outer wrapper that has the normal colour of a cigar. The outer wrapper must be made of reconstituted tobacco and must cover the cigar in full, including where appropriate the filter, but not (in the case of cigars with a mouthpiece) the mouthpiece. If the filler is held together with a binder, the binder may be made of a material other than tobacco or reconstituted tobacco. [F7Each cigar must have a unit weight (excluding the weight of any filter or mouthpiece) of not less than 2.3 grams and not more than 10 grams.] The circumference over at least one third of the length of the cigar must not be less than 34 mm. A cigar containing only substances other than tobacco does not fall within this description.U.K.
Textual Amendments
F7Words in Sch. para. 4 substituted (1.1.2011) by The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2852), arts. 1, 2(4)(c)
5. A product that is described as a cigarillo but falls within one of the above descriptions is a cigar.U.K.
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order comes into force on 1st August 2003.
This Order describes the tobacco products listed in section 1(1) of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979(c. 7).
The Order implements Articles 3 –7 of Council Directive 95/59/EC (OJ No. L291, 6.12.1995, p.40), as amended; in particular, by Council Directive 2002/10/EC (OJ No. L 46, 16.2.2002, p. 26).
This Order replaces The Tobacco Products (Cigarettes and Cigars) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1979). It describes all the tobacco products that are subject to tobacco products duty.
The description of cigarettes includes those cigarettes consisting of pre-formed rolls of tobacco, which the smoker either wraps in cigarette paper or inserts into cigarette paper tubes.
A product is only a cigar if it is described in the Schedule to the Order. The products described include cigars made entirely of natural tobacco. They also include cigars with an outer wrapper of natural tobacco containing tobacco or a mixture of tobacco and other substances. Products, which have an outer wrapper of reconstituted tobacco, are included within the description of cigars provided that certain further conditions are satisfied. To meet these conditions the cigar must:
• have a threshed blend filler of tobacco or a mixture of tobacco and other substances;
• meet certain minimum weight requirements; and
• either have a binder and a spirally fitted outer wrapper, or meet a minimum size requirement.
Products that do not contain any tobacco are excluded from the description of cigars.
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