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 F1....
[F2(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
F1Words 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)
F2Art. 7(3) added (1.1.2011) by The Tobacco Products (Descriptions of Products) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2852), arts. 1, 2(3)