Requirements for displays of tobacco products or smoking related products in specialist tobacconists

3.—(1) The requirements for the purposes of section 1(2)(c) of the Act(1) are prescribed below.

(2) The display must include a notice which—

(a) contains the statement “Tobacco products can damage your health and are addictive”;

(b) is not less than 297 millimetres by 420 millimetres; and

(c) is displayed in a prominent position and is readily visible to persons seeing the display.

(3) Each character of the statement on the notice in paragraph (2) must be not less than 36 millimetres high.

(4) The display must not be visible from outside the specialist tobacconist.

(1)

Section 1(2)(c) of the Act provides that Scottish Ministers may prescribe requirements in relation to displays of tobacco products or smoking related products in specialist tobacconists. “Specialist tobacconist” is defined in section 1(7) of the Act.