PART 1Introduction

Meaning of unit and container pack and the surfaces of a pack4

1

In these Regulations, a “unit pack”, in relation to a tobacco product or related product, means the smallest individual packaging in which that product is, or is intended to be, presented for retail sale (regardless of whether it is presented inside a container pack), but does not include any transparent wrapper.

2

In these Regulations, a “container pack”, in relation to a tobacco product or related product means any packaging—

a

in which that product is, or is intended to be, presented for retail sale; and

b

which contains (whether fully or partially enclosing)—

i

a unit pack of that product, or

ii

an aggregation of such unit packs,

and where there is more than one separate layer of such packaging, each layer is to be regarded as a separate container pack, but a transparent wrapper alone is not a container pack.

3

References in these Regulations to the front and back surfaces of a unit pack or container pack are to the two largest surfaces of the pack (of the surfaces that are visible before the pack is opened).

4

References in these Regulations to the secondary surfaces of a unit pack or container pack are to the next two largest surfaces of the pack after the front and the back surfaces (again of the surfaces that are visible before the pack is opened).