(1)The appropriate Minister may by regulations make provision imposing requirements in relation to the display in a place in England and Wales or Northern Ireland in the course of a business of prices of tobacco products.
(2)A person who displays or causes to be displayed prices of tobacco products in breach of a requirement contained in the regulations is guilty of an offence.
(3)The regulations may, in particular, provide for the meaning of “place” in this section.
(4)The regulations may make provision for a display of prices in a place which also amounts to an advertisement to be treated for the purposes of offences in England and Wales or Northern Ireland under this Act—
(a)as an advertisement and not as a display of prices, or
(b)as a display of prices and not as an advertisement.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 7A-7D inserted (12.11.2009 for specified purposes, 6.4.2012 for E. for specified purposes, 31.10.2012 for N.I. for specified purposes) by Health Act 2009 (c. 21), ss. 21, 40(1), 40(6)(b); S.I. 2010/1068, art. 2(1A)(a) (as amended (9.5.2011) by S.I. 2011/1255, art. 2(a)(b)); S.R. 2012/389, art. 2(1)(a)