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7.—(1) No person may produce or supply any hand rolling tobacco in breach of any of the provisions of this regulation or Schedule 3 (exceptions to paragraphs (2) and (3)).
(2) The only colour or shade permitted on or for the external packaging of a unit packet or container packet of hand rolling tobacco is Pantone 448 C with a matt finish, but this is subject to paragraph (4), Schedule 3 and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4.
(3) The only colour or shade permitted on or for the internal packaging of a unit packet or container packet of hand rolling tobacco is either—
(a)white, or
(b)Pantone 448 C with a matt finish,
but this is subject to paragraph (4), Schedule 3 and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 4.
(4) Nothing in paragraph (2) or (3) prohibits any warning, statement, text, picture, image, symbol or marking which is required by any enactment (whenever passed or made) other than these Regulations; but see paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 which imposes conditions in relation to any text required in accordance with regulation 7(4)(a)(i) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (name and address of producer).
8.—(1) No person may produce or supply any hand rolling tobacco in breach of any of the provisions of this regulation.
(2) A unit packet of hand rolling tobacco may take only one of the following forms—
(a)it may be cuboid in shape, although any such cuboid may have bevelled or rounded edges,
(b)it may be cylindrical in shape, or
(c)it may take the form of a pouch.
(3) The sides of a unit packet of hand rolling tobacco which is a shoulder box with a hinged lid must have a height (measured between the front and back surfaces of the packet) of at least 16 millimetres.
(4) A unit packet of hand rolling tobacco must contain at least 30 grams of tobacco.
9. No person may produce or supply any hand rolling tobacco in breach of any of the provisions of Schedule 4 (further provisions about the packaging of hand rolling tobacco).
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