PART 3 E+WTOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS

Prospective

CHAPTER 2E+WRETAILERS OF TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS

Register of retailers of tobacco and nicotine productsE+W

33Duty to give notice of certain changesE+W

(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.