Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002

3 Advertising: newspapers, periodicals etcU.K.

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If a newspaper, periodical or other publication (“the publication”) containing a tobacco advertisement is in the course of a business published in the United Kingdom—

(a)any proprietor or editor of the publication is guilty of an offence,

(b)any person who (directly or indirectly) procured the inclusion of the advertisement in the publication is guilty of an offence, and

(c)any person who sells the publication, or offers it for sale, or otherwise makes it available to the public, is guilty of an offence.

Commencement Information

I1S. 3 wholly in force at 14.2.2003; s. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 22(1)(2); s. 3 wholly in force at 14.2.2003 by S.I. 2002/2865, art. 2(2)(c) (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/258, art. 2(3)-(6)) and S.S.I. 2002/512, art. 2(2)(c) (with art. 3) (as amended by S.S.I. 2003/80, art. 2(3)-(6))