Displays: prices of tobacco products
7C
1
The appropriate Minister may by regulations make provision imposing requirements in relation to the display in a place in England and Wales or Northern Ireland in the course of a business of prices of tobacco products.
2
A person who displays or causes to be displayed prices of tobacco products in breach of a requirement contained in the regulations is guilty of an offence.
3
The regulations may, in particular, provide for the meaning of “place” in this section.
4
The regulations may make provision for a display of prices in a place which also amounts to an advertisement to be treated for the purposes of offences in England and Wales or Northern Ireland under this Act—
a
as an advertisement and not as a display of prices, or
b
as a display of prices and not as an advertisement.
Ss. 7A-7D inserted (12.11.2009 for specified purposes, 6.4.2012 for E. for specified purposes, 31.10.2012 for N.I. for specified purposes) by Health Act 2009 (c. 21), ss. 21, 40(1), 40(6)(b); S.I. 2010/1068, art. 2(1A)(a) (as amended (9.5.2011) by S.I. 2011/1255, art. 2(a)(b)); S.R. 2012/389, art. 2(1)(a)