The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Sponsorship Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

These Regulations have been made to correct an omission in S.S.I. 2003/34 and are being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Regulations.

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 265

PUBLIC HEALTH

The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Sponsorship Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

Made

29th May 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

2nd June 2003

Coming into force

27th June 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(2) and 20 of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Sponsorship Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 27th June 2003.

(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Sponsorship Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2003

2.  In regulation 3(2)(b)(ii) of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Sponsorship Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2003(2), after “visible” insert “tobacco”.

TOM McCABE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

29th May 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Sponsorship Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 in order to clarify the conditions under which there is a time limited exception for sponsorship of exceptional global events. “Exceptional global event” is defined in regulation 2 of those Regulations to mean an event or activity that takes place in at least two continents and three sovereign states. The clarification makes it clear that the reference to “advertisements” in the conditions which apply to the exception is a reference to tobacco advertisements.

A separate Regulatory Impact Assessment for these Regulations has not been prepared.

(1)

2002 c. 36. The “appropriate Minister” is defined by section 21 as meaning, in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.

(2)

S.S.I. 2003/34.