PART 3TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 2RETAILERS OF TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS

Register of retailers of tobacco and nicotine products

33Duty to give notice of certain changes

1

A registered person must give the registration authority notice of any of the following matters—

a

any change in the person's name or address from that stated in the register in accordance with section 30(4)(a);

b

any change in what the person is selling from that stated in the person's entry in the register in accordance with section 30(4)(c);

c

if the person stops carrying on a tobacco or nicotine business at premises stated in the person's entry in the register;

d

in the case of a tobacco or nicotine business carried on from premises consisting of a moveable structure, a stall, a tent or a vehicle, if the person stops carrying on the business in the area of a local authority stated in the person's entry in the register.

2

A person stops carrying on a business for the purpose of subsection (1)(c) or (d) when that person stops doing so for a continuous period of no less than 28 days.

3

The notification referred to in subsection (1) must be given within a period of 28 days beginning with whichever of the following is applicable—

a

the date of the change referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b);

b

the date on which the registered person stops carrying on the business at the premises in question or in the area of the local authority in question.

4

If a local authority becomes aware of any of the matters referred to in subsection (1)(a) to (d) in respect of a registered person carrying on a tobacco or nicotine business in its area, the local authority must give notice to the registration authority of that matter.