Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 3)

Part 1 S Tobacco products etc.

Chapter 2 S Register of tobacco retailers

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2011) by The Sale of Tobacco (Registration of Moveable Structures and Fixed Penalty Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/23), regs. 1(1), regs. 2-4

Registration S

11 Application for registration and addition of premises etc. S

(1) A person may apply to the Scottish Ministers—

(a) to be registered, or

(b) to add further premises to the person's entry in the Register.

(2) The application must—

(a) state the name and address of the applicant,

(b) where it is an application under subsection (1)(a), state the addresses of all premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a tobacco business,

(c) where it is an application under subsection (1)(b), state the address of the further premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a tobacco business,

(d) contain such other information as is prescribed, and

(e) be made in such form and manner as is determined by the Scottish Ministers.

(3) The Scottish Ministers must grant the application unless—

(a) it does not comply with the requirements in subsection (2), or

(b) at the time the application is made, the applicant is banned, under a tobacco retailing banning order, from carrying on a tobacco business at any premises specified in the application.

(4) On granting an application under subsection (1)(a), the Scottish Ministers must enter the following information in the Register—

(a) the name and address of the applicant,

(b) the addresses of the premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a tobacco business, and

(c) any other information which the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.

(5) On granting an application under subsection (1)(b), the Scottish Ministers must amend the applicant's entry in the Register so as to include the address of the further premises at which the applicant proposes to carry on a tobacco business.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 11 in force at 24.10.2010 for specified purposes and 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2010/345, art. 2, Sch.

12 Certificates of registration S

On granting an application under section 11(3) the Scottish Ministers must issue to the applicant a certificate of registration in respect of each premises stated in the application.

Commencement Information

I2 S. 12 in force at 1.4.2011 by S.S.I. 2010/345, art. 2, Sch.