2.—(1) The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002(1) is amended as follows.
(2) Omit section 2(4) (prohibition of tobacco advertising in the EEA)(2).
(3) In section 3A(1) (advertising: information society services)(3)—
(a)in paragraph (a), omit “or”;
(b)omit paragraph (b).
(4) In section 4(1) (advertising: exclusions)(4)—
(a)in paragraph (c)—
(i)for “in a country which is not an EEA State”, substitute “outside the United Kingdom”;
(ii)for “one or more of the EEA States (or any part of them)”, substitute “the United Kingdom (or any part of the United Kingdom)”;
(b)in paragraph (d)—
(i)for “an EEA State”, substitute “the United Kingdom”;
(ii)for “one or more EEA States (or any part of them)”, substitute “the United Kingdom (or any part of the United Kingdom)”.
(5) In section 5 (advertising: defences)(5)—
(a)in subsection (1), after “section 3A(1)(a)”, omit “or (b)”;
(b)omit subsection (3A);
(c)in subsection (5)(c), for “an EEA State”, substitute “the United Kingdom”;
(d)omit subsection (5A).
(6) Omit section 7D(3) (displays on a website)(6).
(7) Omit section 8(1A) (displays: Scotland)(7).
(8) Omit section 9(1A) (prohibition of free distributions)(8).
(9) Omit section 11(5) (brandsharing)(9).
(10) In section 21(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “EEA State”(10).
Section 2(4) was substituted by S.I. 2006/2369.
Section 3A was inserted by S.I. 2006/2369.
Section 4(1) was amended by S.I. 2006/2369.
Section 5 was amended by S.I. 2006/2369.
Section 7D was inserted by section 21 of the Health Act 2009 (c.21).
Subsection (1A) was inserted by paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 2009.
Subsection (1A) was inserted by paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 2009.
Subsection (5) was substituted by paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 2009.
The definition of “EEA State” was inserted by S.I. 2006/2369.