PART 6Electronic cigarettes
Action to protect human health40
1
This regulation applies where the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe that an electronic cigarette or refill container, or a type of electronic cigarette or refill container, could present a serious risk to human health.
2
The Secretary of State may take appropriate provisional measures to address the risk to human health.
3
The measures that the Secretary of State may take include, but are not limited to—
a
prohibiting the supply of the electronic cigarette or refill container, or the type of electronic cigarette or refill container;
b
requiring each supplier of the electronic cigarette or refill container, or the type of electronic cigarette or refill container, to recall the product.
4
The Secretary of State may take appropriate follow-up measures to implement any conclusions of the European Commission in relation to the matter.
5
Any producer or supplier of a product that is the subject of a provisional measure or a follow-up measure must comply with the measure insofar as it applies to that producer or supplier.