Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

No. S 476

Tobacco
(Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act

(CHAPTER 309)

Tobacco
(Control of Advertisements and Sale)
(Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17 and 37 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 1 July 2019.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Labelling) Regulations 2012 (G.N. No. S 419/2012) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “regulations 4, 5 and 6” in the definition of “health warning” and substituting the words “regulation 4 or 5”;
(b)	by deleting the semi-colon at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of “retail package” and substituting a full‑stop; and
(c)	by deleting the definitions of “smoked tobacco product” and “smokeless tobacco product”.

Amendment of regulation 4

3. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “smoked” in paragraphs (1) and (3); and
(b)	by deleting the word “smoked” in the regulation heading.

Amendment of regulation 5

4. Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “smoked” in paragraphs (1) and (3); and
(b)	by deleting the word “smoked” in the regulation heading.

Deletion of regulation 6

5. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Amendment of regulation 8

6. Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “regulation 4(1), 5(1) or 6(1)” in paragraphs (1) and (2)(c) and substituting in each case the words “regulation 4(1) or 5(1)”.

Amendment of First Schedule

7. The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the word “SMOKED” in the Schedule heading.

Amendment of Second Schedule

8. The Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the word “SMOKED” in the Schedule heading.

Deletion of Third Schedule

9. The Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted.

[G.N. No. S 478/2018]

Made on 28 June 2019.

CHAN HENG KEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 78:29/2 Vol. 11; AG/LEGIS/SL/309/2015/11 Vol. 4]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 37(2) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act).

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